Monthly Archives: June, 2020

Race a ‘social construct’? Superintendent says it is

Suzanne Downing - June 18, 2020 29

'HOSTAGE APOLOGY' TOUR CONTINUES FOR PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY In a letter to parents of the Anchorage School District last week, Superintedent Dr. Deena Bishop adopted...

Time for Eagle River’s exit

Suzanne Downing - June 18, 2020 26

By MICHAEL TAVOLIERO How do we inspire the reconnection of our local communities to what is real? As we, who keep our eyes peeled on...

SCOTUS: What Obama put in place for ‘Dreamers,’ Trump cannot simply dismantle

Suzanne Downing - June 18, 2020 11

The U.S. Supreme Court today overruled the Trump Administration's efforts to discontinue the DACA program, or "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals." DACA is a program...

Headhunting at UA: Johnsen is back, but is apologizing for his crime of white privilege

Suzanne Downing - June 17, 2020 35

In just a few short weeks, Jim Johnsen, the president of University of Alaska, has gone from being the leader of Alaska's University System...

Keep D.C. politics out of fish and game management

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR - June 16, 2020 17

By EDDIE GRASSER Late in President Obama’s final term, the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) circumvented Congress by...

Midtown up in arms over homeless shelter proposal

Suzanne Downing - June 16, 2020 59

Homeowners from Rogers Park to Geneva Woods in midtown Anchorage are worrying about an ordinance in front of the Anchorage Assembly that would allow...

Deadly force: Guard takes down intruder at Navy SEAL compound in Kodiak

Suzanne Downing - June 16, 2020 29

Thirty-year-old Jayson Vinberg of Kodiak is dead after he brought a knife to a gunfight, so to speak, at a Navy SEAL training center...

Pebble Partnership announces profit-sharing for Bristol Bay residents

Suzanne Downing - June 16, 2020 12

Pebble Partnership announced Tuesday that the company has created the Pebble Performance Dividend (PPD) to distribute a percentage of the revenue generated from the...

Fairbanks school committee pushes staff ‘decolonization, white supremacy’ training

Suzanne Downing - June 16, 2020 31

No one ever accused the Fairbanks School District of giving students a true classical liberal arts education. The proficiency scores from the PEAKS tests...

From spit on to spoiled burritos, Trump supporters wonder about restaurants

Suzanne Downing - June 16, 2020 30

WHERE CAN REPUBLICANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS SAFELY EAT? The first known Alaska incident of tampering with a Trump supporter's food, when politics became poison for...

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