March 2021
According to the School Secretary at Gallatin High School, the school has an online enrollment of just 9%, which is much lower than most other area schools. This leads you to think about why the percentage would be so low in such a large county when…
March 2021
I first moved to Bozeman in the late 90s. Like many young people I came in search of the American dream, or rather; I came in search of something greater than myself. I was immediately welcomed into the town by the residents and the culture. Everyone…
February 2021
photos by Erinn Hermsen
Willful ignorance is a malignant tendency in our world, and unfortunately, we (Alyssa White and Jim Macdonald ) have observed it on the streets of downtown Bozeman. In tiny Soroptomist Park, we have regularly witnessed the willful ignorance of many…
January 2021
Kris Drummond
The phrase “call a spade a spade” originated with the classical Greek philosopher Plutarch and has been recycled through time by the likes of Oscar Wilde, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and others. I’ve always been curious about the term as…
December 2020
Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT) is often upheld as one of the most responsible and highest-regarded organizations in the valley. Its mission to connect people, communities and open lands through conservation and trail creation aligns with many…
November 2020
Politika is the Greek word for politics and means “affairs of the city,” or “affairs of the citizens in arranging our life together.” I imagine without a dozen daily mail flyers and hourly pollster calls, politics could be a…
August 2020
From the beginning of humankind, women have supported other women as they birthed their babies. These support persons are known as “doulas.” Doulas are welcomed into homes, birth centers, and hospitals alongside a laboring woman and her…
July 2020
Phil Knight
In the 1997 movie thriller Asteroid, an extinction-level impact is predicted as an asteroid is aimed at Earth by a passing comet. Three aircraft with lasers are scrambled and succeed in breaking up the asteroid though smaller fragments still…
June 2020
Kate Hulbert
In 2016, an article written by a Montana photographer accused Glacier National Park of “destroying itself from the inside” with an Instagram-driven marketing strategy. He criticized the park’s social media program for…
May 2020
Families ripped apart....you didn’t protest.
Kids in cages getting sexually abused by ICE....you didn’t protest.
Black kids killed by cops...you didn’t protest.
Whole cities with poisoned water...you didn’t…
