Wednesday marks the two-year anniversary of the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting. A disturbed man killed two people, Jo Acker and Roberto Padilla Arguelles, and
Idaho has been in the national news quite a bit this past week for attacks against the LGBTQ community and all this attention has the internet asking: What is Idaho known for? Is Idaho racist? Why is Idaho so conservative? To understand how we got here today and what steps we can take to be a more inclusive and equitable place for everyone means, we’ve got to take a critical look at our past.