This is the kind of bullying that makes reporters quit covering the Legislature…. Speaking of hating diversity, Senator John Wiik (R-4/Big Stone City) single-handedly blocked…
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Reversing the bullying, discriminatory policy of America’s recent dictator, the Biden Adminstration yesterday formally declared that gay and transgender students are protected by the sexual…
The Gorsuch Court blew up the anti-LGBT efforts of Republican leaders last summer when it ruled that the plain text of the 1964 Civil Rights…
Pope Francis says homosexuals deserve legal protections for the families they make: “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They are…
But let’s not fall for Lee Schoenbeck’s nice-guy act, or for Julie Frye-Mueller’s hogwash about Lee’s being an “East River liberal.” The Watertown Senator may…
The Obama-Biden Administration extended numerous protections against discrimination to LGBT Americans. The Trump-Pence Administration has repealed most of those protections, including provisions for equitable treatment…
…But let’s never get too optimistic about Republican legislators’ respect for basic human rights. Representative Tony Randolph (R-35/Rapid City) has wadded all of his caucus’s…
Did you know that our gay and lesbian neighbors couldn’t get married on Pine Ridge until this month? I sure didn’t… but sure enough, Obergefell v.…
South Dakota’s regressive politics have cost us a shot at hosting the national Botany Conference. In an e-mail to at least one member of the…
SDGOP Chairman Dan Lederman, District 25 Representative Jon Hansen, and Governor Kristi Noem are keen on demonizing out-of-staters who, in their view, disrupt South Dakota’s…