Rural Montanans Support Inclusive Non-Discrimination Laws
June is Pride Month, Opportunity to Remember Policies Must Include All Montanans As we enter the month of June, which is recognized as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the Montana Human Rights Network says it’s a...
View ArticleRacism Continues to Drive Debate over Bison Range
A hearing last month about the future of the National Bison Range illustrated the role that racism and anti-Indian sentiment have played in opposing efforts to return the Range to the Confederated...
View Article‘Lights for Liberty’ Candlelight Vigil Will Shine Light on Inhumane Detention...
For Immediate Release‘Lights for Liberty’ Candlelight Vigil Will Shine Light on Inhumane Detention CampsContact: media@mhrn.org for statewide information and to be routed to a local contact In...
View ArticleButte Responds to Hate Crime
At the beginning of June, the local newspaper reported that a woman in Butte had her home vandalized with racist anti-Indian graffiti. Vandals spray painted “Go Home,” “prairie n—r,” and “f—k you...
View ArticleFugitive Sovereign Citizen Found in Montana
Montana’s long history with militant anti-government activists, like the Montana Freemen, resurfaced again with the arrest in early July of a self-proclaimed sovereign citizen in Montana. Michael Duane...
View ArticleInfluential Racist Neo-Pagan Lives on the Butte Hill
White nationalist beliefs may have motivated the teenage shooter at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California, who killed three people and wounded a dozen others in late July. Police arrived shortly...
View ArticleShea’s Rebellion
Lawmaker Spreads Militia-Based Spiritual Warfare Across the RegionEver since he was first elected to the Washington Legislature in 2008, Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spokane Valley) has been a favorite speaker at...
View ArticleHuman Rights Network, Faith Leaders Urge Support for Jewish Community
Anti-Semitic Fliers Dropped in HelenaThe Montana Human Rights Network wants to let Helenans know that the Jewish community has been targeted by an anti-Semitic literature drop earlier this week in...
View ArticleAnti-Semitic Fliers Dropped in Downtown Whitefish
Love Lives Here, Montana Human Rights Network Urge Support for Local Jewish CommunityWhile the Jewish community in Whitefish and around the globe honor the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, a...
View ArticleImages for the Alt-Right Hate Machine
Montana-Based Cartoonist Feeds Culture War“I do the political cartoons out of anger…When the bankers got bailed out, that’s when I discovered my meanness.” – Ben Garrison, Cartoonist, June 2016 Anger...
View ArticleVanDyke Unqualified Based on Activities in Montana and Beyond
Tell Your U.S. Senators to Vote “No” on His ConfirmationIn late September 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Lawrence VanDyke to serve on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers a region...
View ArticleBozeman Schools Prioritize Non-Discrimination Over Religious Proselytizing
Some Bozeman students have noted an inconsistency between the Bozeman School District’s policy against discrimination and practices at their school. Their solution was to ask that the local chapter of...
View ArticleEquality Montana Hiring for Internship
The Montana Human Rights Network, a state-based human rights organization working to organize Montana residents to realize their power to create community, equality, and justice, is expanding its...
View ArticleMontanans Hobnobbed with Matt Shea at 2018 Whitefish Event
News broke in the last day that a report commissioned by the Washington Legislature found that Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spokane Valley) “participated in an act of domestic terrorism against the United States”...
View ArticleMontana Legislator’s “Shooting Socialists” Comments Aren’t Off Script
MHRN Predicts More Violent Rhetoric Rep. Rodney Garcia (R-Billings) made national and international headlines recently when he claimed the U.S. Constitution allows socialists to be jailed and shot. He...
View ArticleFoundation Funds Both Montana White Nationalist Richard Spencer and Lawsuit...
The Espinoza lawsuit out of Montana deals with public dollars going to private religious schools and was heard recently by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case is about both church-state separation and...
View ArticleCharlie Kirk Brings Dog Whistle Racism, Conspiracies to the Flathead
Human Rights Network Issues Report on Kirk, Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk, the founder and leader of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), is scheduled to speak at an event for the Flathead County Republican...
View ArticleMontana’s Racial and Social Justice Leaders Offer Online Webinar on Statewide...
Organizations and individuals across Montana collaborate to reduce racism and bigotry and increase empathy, compassion and understanding as COVID-19 advances UPDATE:Social and racial justice experts...
View ArticleBukacek Acting Like Bundy
Anti-Choice Doctor Undermines Public Health in KalispellAn anti-choice doctor previously investigated for Medicaid fraud is leading the charge against public health in Kalispell. Dr. Annie Bukacek is...
View ArticleUPDATE! Bukacek, Ramlow, and Anti-Government Activity in the Flathead
A couple of weeks ago, the Montana Human Rights Network posted an article about how anti-government activists in the Flathead were organizing against public health efforts by the City of Kalispell to...
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