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There is something Orwellian about the U.N.’s relationship with the English language. “Colony,” it seems, is now like “fascism,” “racism,” “poverty” and “socialism” — words that no longer mean what they once did, but instead denote whatever we want them to mean.

IN the CNMI, land is not just property. It is our identity, history, and inheritance. It connects us to our family histories and anchors our future.

LAST week we examined a plague that grips many Pacific islands, domestic violence. Let us look at some warning signs that your partner is violent or will be. The following details are not proof that someone will be abusive, but they do indicate if someone is more likely to abuse a family member.

IN a recent article posted by the Foundation for Economic Education, education expert Kerry McDonald talks about new school models writing their own rules in the age of AI. These include fast-growing school networks such as Alpha School, which “recognizes the rapid advancement of artificial intelli…

I WRITE this not as an abstract policy analyst, but as a Refaluwasch son of Garapan who survived the flames of 1983. I was raised in my grandparents’ home — the same home that burned where my Grandmother and I (God rest her soul) was a victim of when I was a child, the same land that carried …

THE Truth Be Told, the Governor & Delegate offered “outstanding justification arguments for the reinstatement of Annex VI of the U.S.-China Air Transport Agreement restrictions to be lifted. Her lawyer skills in stating the CNMI’s case were excellent, as I do give credit when credit is due!

ACROSS the Freely Associated States and territories of the Pacific, migration is not an exception. It is a defining reality of modern island life. Families move for education, military service, health care, and economic opportunity while remaining deeply connected to their home islands through remi…

THE Truth Be Told, if you, citizens of the CNMI, haven’t witnessed the Governor & Legislature IGNORING Ambrodamus, then you may figuratively be wearing “Political-Blinders” instead of actual glasses, especially the Republican Die-hearts.

A WOMAN woke up and started cooking breakfast for herself while the children played in another room. Her partner woke up and yelled at the woman for not cooking enough for the whole family and ordered her to make more.

Surely many of us parents are realizing that we are preparing our children for a world that doesn’t exist anymore.