Do you believe in the Constitution?
By Timothy Braatz
Reader Staff
The U.S. Constitution, written in 1787, is a brief instructional manual, sketching out a federal government, what it can and cannot do — a barebones …
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Freedom fades when leaders fail
By Lauren Necochea
Reader Contributor
Democracy is not guaranteed. Every generation must defend it. Today, we face the greatest threat to American democracy in modern history: Donald Trump’s second term. …
Dick Sonnichsen’s latest crime novel brings the FBI to Sandpoint
By Reader Staff
The newest book by regional writer Dick Sonnichsen is coming out from publisher Blue Creek Press, with Tumbleweed: Angela’s Sometimes Messy and Complex Odyssey To Find Her …
‘There is power in realizing that you are not alone’
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Federal, tribal and local government officials, in conjunction with the human rights task forces of Bonner and Boundary counties, will host an outreach program exploring …
Stand-Off at Ruby Ridge: 25 Years Later
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: In this, the fifth and final article on the stand-off at Ruby Ridge, we will share the close of the trial, the verdict …
Stand-off at Ruby Ridge: 25 Years Later (Part One)
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Editor’s Note: In the early morning of Aug. 21, 1992, six U.S. Deputy Marshals moved onto a steep, mountainous piece of property off of Ruby …
What’s really at stake in the Apple encryption debate
By Julia Angwin for ProPublica
The FBI’s much-discussed request to Apple can seem innocuous: Help us extract six weeks of encrypted data from the locked iPhone of Syed Farook, an …
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