On April 12, one of Hillary Clinton’s top advisors announced that she would once again run for president, aiming to become the first female president of the United States. I don’t like Hillary Clinton and I never have. I think many of her policies are backwards, and I especially do not appreciate her support of Israel’s […]

Since the end of marijuana prohibition in Washington and Colorado, many states are reconsidering their policies regarding the medicinal plant. Many of the fallacies that people have believed for so long are quickly being proven wrong, and it’s time South Dakota laws regarding marijuana use and possession are updated to suit the facts rather than […]

Every eight hours, a cop kills someone. Two hundred ninety people have been killed by cops this year, and in many instances, the circumstances of a given incident do not add up to what officers claim in their reports. Recently in New Jersey, a man named Phillip White was killed while in police custody. At […]

Martese Johnson, 20, was beaten by police outside Trinity Irish Pub in Charlottesville, Va., March 18. Police officers beat the University of Virginia junior over a suspicion that he was using a fake I.D. to get into the pub. A video shows police after forcing Johnson to the ground and handcuffing him, while Johnson’s head bleeds profusely […]

On Feb. 24, President Barack Obama vetoed a bill that would have approved the Keystone XL pipeline. The Keystone XL pipeline was to be built by the TransCanada Corporation and was originally planned to run from Alberta’s tar-sand fields through Montana and South Dakota, and connect to the to the existing Keystone Pipeline System in Steele […]

Last week, Craig Stephen Hicks was arrested for murdering three of his neighbors in Chapel Hill, N.C. — Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, Deah’s wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and Yusor’s sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. Shady Barakat was a Syrian-American who studied dentistry at the University of North Carolina. Shady Barakat was involved in his community and was dedicated to […]

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — ISIS — is presently among many cancers that currently plagues the Middle East. Syria has been burning for years now, since the uprising against the cruel and oppressive Assad regime began in 2011. Iraq and Afghanistan have been occupied by U.S. forces since the War on Terror began […]

As Valentine’s Day approaches, lovebirds everywhere are making plans for magical evenings, plotting perfect meals and selecting exactly the right flowers for their significant others. It is a day where people take the time to make their special someone feel loved, which is a wonderful notion – but the fact that Americans will spend nearly $20 […]

On Jan. 12, U.S. District Judge Karen Schreider declared the same-sex marriage ban in South Dakota to be unconstitutional after six couples filed a lawsuit in May 2014 in Sioux Falls. The lawsuit challenges a 1996 state law and a voter-approved 2006 constitutional amendment that banned gay marriage. “The plaintiffs have a fundamental right to […]