Idaho – Fusion Nepal

Proving that even Halloween isn’t immune from the political division our country is currently embroiled in, an Idaho school district has issued an apology after it faced stiff backlash to pictures of staffers in pro-Trump, anti-Immigrant costumes for the holiday.

In one photo, several staffers are lined up forming a brick wall with Trump’s famous “Make America Great Again” phrase displayed, a reference to Trump’s long-promised border wall. Another photo featured several staffers dressed in sombreros, ponchos, and fake exaggerated mustaches, a racist stereotype of Mexicans.

A group of faculty at a Middleton, Idaho school are under fire after dressing up together as a border wall with the sign, “Make America Great Again” attached. Other faculty dressed up in stereotypical Mexican clothing pic.twitter.com/gZwGBkGdKA

— Joe Parris (@KTVBJoe) November 2, 2018 Read more…

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The list of Native American governors in American history is depressingly short. It’s zero, to be exact.

That’s why Idaho Democrat Paulette Jordan‘s Tuesday primary win for governor was so significant. If Jordan wins the general election, she’s poised to become the first Native American governor in American history, and the first female governor in Idaho history.

It’s a historical achievement, if a painfully overdue one.

Jordan, a member of the Coeur d’Alene tribe, defeated moderate Democrat A.J. Balukoff in Tuesday’s primary. She has served two terms in the Idaho state legislature, where she emerged as one of the state’s leading young liberal voices. Read more…

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