Written by sixth-generation Idahoan Samuel D. Hunter and currently drawing crowds in Berkeley, the Obie-winning play “A Bright New Boise” …
Europeans tend take a more positive view of cycling than their American counterparts. In small, compact settlements in the Netherlands, …
Utopian writers have so often used America as a stage for their writings that the nation’s history and future, particularly …
In an obtuse triangle at the far western corner of downtown Boise, hemmed in by freeway and river and surrounded …
In 2011, Dr. Brian Wampler and a team of researchers from Boise State University studied COMPASS public involvement activities to …
Citizen involvement in public life is vital to the vibrancy of any metropolitan region. It expands the breadth and range …
On a recent summer weekend, 7,000 Boiseans donned tiaras and gorilla masks and other sundry disguises, hopped on their bikes …
Boise has a penchant for being listed. In 2011, CNN Money listed Boise as the third-best retirement city. Last year, Forbes …
At a meeting of the Rocky Mountain Urban Partnership earlier this year, keynote speaker Edward Glaeser, author of Triumph of …
Park near the intersection of Eleventh and Main in downtown Boise on a weekend evening and you’ll witness a contemporary …
Boise’s brief flirtation with slot machine gambling might seem a minor matter warranting only the briefest notice. Merle Wells, the …
Boise’s Capitol Boulevard was designed to emulate grand, Old World streets, but since the day city fathers cut it from …
College students, middle-income families, single mothers and the elderly face a dwindling stock of places to live in downtown Boise. …
The incarceration of Japanese American citizens during the Second World War was one of the most flagrant violations of civil …
The Andrus Center for Public Policy kicks off its conference, “Transforming America: Women and Leadership in the 21st Century,” this …
The Intermountain West and Deep South nurture different historical grudges against the federal government. Yet their shared affection for states’ …
Too often, military histories of well-known battles focus on parts of a battle or parts of parts. This is especially …
Although Idaho is currently a Republican stronghold, it was not always that way. The Democratic Party had a strong presence …
City planners often draft proposals which are never implemented. It’s the nature of the job, as officials look to compromise …
In 2011 President Obama loosened the rules on American travel to Cuba, allowing small educational groups to venture through Miami …
No sign on I-84 marks the road to Minidoka. Turn left where the arrow to scenic attractions points in the …
In the excerpt below, the editors of Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics argue that …
It’s been more than a week since officials in Detroit, Mich. announced the city was broke. News of Detroit’s intent …