Welcome to North Dakota Center for the Public Good
civic engagementThe Center works with a diversity of groups and people to promote greater understanding of common issues, to expand community discussion of critical issues, and to include more North Dakotans in the public discussion. We support efforts that help those most affected by an issue to participate and bring about positive change in our community.
Current efforts include:
Prairie Independent We publish central North Dakota's community newspaper the Prairie Independent.
Progressive Faith Network We facilitate discussion and efforts of local clergy in their work for a faith perspective on the morality of social and economic justice issues. In November 2010 this clergy group launched "Let's Talk," a TV talk show on Bismarck-Mandan cable TV. Since 2006 the group has sponsored eight public forums. Click here for more information.
North Dakota Economic Security and Prosperity Alliance NDCPG is part of the leadership of a new statewide organization working to eliminate disparities and obstacles for achieving economic prosperity and security. Click here for news coverage of February 8 event.
Bismarck Native American Film Series We cosponsor a series of Native American films. The latest film in the series is Barking Water was shown May 5. Click here for more information.
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On TV... "Let's Talk" - cable channel 12 Sundays at 8 p.m. Host Don Morrison talks with Waylon Hedegaard, a founding member of Northern Prairie Secular Society, about atheism and free thinkers in the Bismarck-Mandan area. NEW! Past shows are now online! Brian McGinnis of Riverbound Farm and Betty Mills of the Bismarck Mandan UU.
PublicationsReport by Good Jobs First finds North Dakota ranks 49th in accountability for state subsidies to businesses. See North Dakota media coverage of this report released January 18, 2012.
Fact Sheet: North Dakota State and Local Taxes - Who Pays? Shares of family income that go to state and local taxes in 2007. Report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. News release from the North Dakota Center for the Public Good. See update published in the Prairie Independent, January 2012.
Too Great A Burden: Americans Face Rising Health Care Costs. Long before the current economic crisis began, Americans were straining under the burden of two related trends: shrinking coverage and rising health care costs. Left unchecked, health care costs will force more and more American families into debt - and even in to bankruptcy. Report by Families USA. Articles in the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and the Minot Daily News.
Premiums Versus Paychecks: A Growing Burden for North Dakota's Workers The confluence of stagnant wages and rising health care costs has become a significant strain on family budgets. This report by Families USA documents what this means for North Dakota working families. Health insurance premiums rose 2.8% more than median earnings in North Dakota. KFYR TV story.
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