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Alaska continues paying for transgender surgeries and drugs, while other states refuse

FeaturedMay 6, 2023

While dozens of Republican-led states are moving decisively to restrict or prohibit irreversible transgender surgeries, cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, Alaska continues to spend public money to underwrite these devastating practices, both for adults

Alaska athletics board won’t bar gender-confused males from girls sports unless compelled by state

CultureMay 3, 2023

The Alaska School Activities Association (ASAA), which oversees high school athletic competitions in Alaska, has refused to bar gender-confused biological males from competing in girls’ sports, unless it is compelled to do so by the state. While many

These are Alaska’s 10 most endangered historical sites

CultureMay 3, 2023

Maintaining a physical link to Alaska’s past is the mission and work of Preservation Alaska. Last week, the group published its 10 most endangered historic properties to kick off Historic Preservation Month in May. This is the 32nd year that

Walmart agrees to push ‘Pride Month’ with LGBTQ themed apparel

CultureMay 2, 2023

Walmart stores in Alaska and across the nation are rolling out a whole line of LGBTQ-themed clothing as part of a new corporate-wide embrace of “Pride Month.” According to a report in Arizona Republic, Walmart’s new Pride apparel is designed by several

Federal judge says Penn. school district must permit ‘After School Satan Clubs’

CultureMay 2, 2023

Schools in Alaska and around the nation are already dealing with sexually explicit library books, transgender athletic controversies, parental rights violations and large numbers of failing students. Now, The Satanic Temple is opening afterschool clubs in the

Anchorage animal shelter uses drag queens to promote pet adoptions

CultureMay 1, 2023

One of Alaska’s oldest animal shelters is wading into the controversial world of drag queens in order to spark interest in pet adoptions. Since 1955 Alaska SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) has operated as a private, nonprofit –

OPINION: Alaska’s standardized test labels can mislead parents on students’ performance

EducationMay 1, 2023

By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR) assessment, administered for the first time in the spring of 2022 to Alaskan K-12 students, promises continuity with mid-year assessments and less testing time —

The collective madness of pandering to delusion cannot long endure

CultureApril 30, 2023

History is a science, every bit as much as physics, chemistry, biology and others. And like them, it goes through various interpretations and analyses, which we call “historiography.” The other sciences keep changing their interpretations, too. Take

Part 3: Alaska should be outraged that election laws failed to rein in the anti-Const. Convention ‘cartel’

FeaturedApril 30, 2023

By J.H. Snider – The Fulcrum Editor’s note: The following is part three of four in a series about Alaska’s 2022 Constitutional Convention vote, which included massive amounts of outside spending to convince Alaskans to vote against holding a

AK conference equips librarians to thwart parental objections to drag queens and sexualized youth books

EducationApril 28, 2023

Drag queens, gender-fluidity, sex-themed youth books and difficulties with conservative parents were prominent topics at the annual Alaska Library Association’s conference late last month in Fairbanks. Community and school librarians gathered from across

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