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Idaho GovernmentNewsSocial Justice
March 9, 2023

Boiseans protest house bill targeting trans youth

By Kiryn Willett
Protestors gathered outside Boise City Hall on Saturday, March 4, to rally against H.B. 71, which would ban minors from getting gender-affirming health care. H.B. 71, titled as the Genital Mutilation of a Child Bill, bans all forms of gender-affirming care for…
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January 26, 2023

Women, Life, Liberty: Iran’s political crisis comes to Boise State

By Kiryn Willett
Samir Keshavarz, a 2017 Boise State graduate, left Iran when he was 15 years old. Years later, he returned to campus to attend a protest in support of women’s rights in Iran. Turns out, many in the city of Boise are joining the movement. One of these protests took…
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September 1, 2022

The forgotten history of Cesar Chavez Lane

By Brydon Black
Take a summer bike ride under the cottonwoods along the Boise River and as you pass Boise State University, you’ll find yourself on Cesar Chavez Lane. It’s a street traveled by many, with a complicated history known to few. Cesar Chavez, whom the busy street…
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February 8, 2022

Unhoused protest in Boise: Police arrest four, group pens letter to the city

By Brydon Black
Unhoused protestors have been occupying the lawn of the old Ada County Courthouse in downtown Boise since mid-January. On Feb. 7, the protestors collectively wrote a letter to the City of Boise requesting negotiations. “This is a collectively created email from us…
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Idaho GovernmentNewsSocial Justice
January 20, 2022

Idaho panelists urge the legislature to repeal faith-healing exemptions from state stature

By Andrea Teres-Martinez
A group of panelists met to discuss upcoming legislation on Idaho’s faith-healing religious exemptions on Wednesday, Jan. 12. The event, sponsored by the Campaign to Protect Idaho Kids, called for the Idaho Legislature to either limit or repeal a faith-healing religious…
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Idaho GovernmentNewsSocial Justice
December 14, 2021

Supreme Court hears case that could reverse Roe v. Wade, triggering Idaho’s abortion ban law

By Alaina Uhlenhoff
On Dec. 1, 2021, the Supreme Court heard arguments on a Mississippi abortion ban that blocks abortions 15 weeks after conception. The court expressed willingness to uphold the ban, which could effectively reverse Roe v. Wade. Idaho Gov. Brad Little passed a law in 2020…
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December 9, 2021

Boise high schoolers draft gun control legislation to protect minors

By Alaina Uhlenhoff
Boise High students are currently drafting legislation that would change the process for minors to possess firearms in Idaho, as reported by the Idaho Statesman. Kate Stevens, a senior at Boise High, told the Statesman that high schoolers should be worried about…
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December 8, 2021

Boise community rallies in support of women in higher education, students call out Yenor

By Andrea Teres-Martinez
On Saturday, Dec. 4, two events were held on the Boise State University campus in support of women in STEM and in higher education, both of which came as a response to the misogynistic comments of Boise State professor Scott Yenor. The first event, organized by Rep.
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December 1, 2021

Update: Yenor doubles down on anti-feminism in Twitter video as community questions his credibility

By Arbiter Staff
This article was collaboratively written by Andrea Teres-Martinez, news editor, and Alaina Uhlenhoff, news reporter. Boise State political science professor Scott Yenor posted a video to his Twitter account in response to criticism following a speech he gave at the…
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October 12, 2021

The Texas abortion ban continues to raise concern among pro-choice advocates in the state of Idaho

By Kelby Andrew
Content warning: Discussion of rape, incest and related topics One month ago, the Supreme Court dismissed an emergency request to block Texas’ controversial abortion law — allowing the ban to take effect within the state on Sept. 1 and leaving millions of Americans…
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