Ketchikan library’s refusal to move teen sex book prompts special city council meeting on June 22
Ketchikan library’s refusal to move teen sex book prompts special city council meeting on June
OPINION: Abuse survivor urges Alaskans to protect kids from sexualization
OPINION: Abuse survivor urges Alaskans to protect kids from
OPINION: ‘What is a Woman’ exposes profound suffering of trans movement
After a full year of suppression and semi-obscurity, Matt Walsh’s iconic documentary, “What is a Woman,” has gone viral – on steroids. The latest figures show it with nearly 200 million views. We all have been linked to so many “must
OPINION: Despite ‘embarrassing’ launch, Alaska’s new Office of Family Life has great potential
Eleanor Roosevelt is quoted as saying that “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” It’s a tidy statement and can, in many cases, be used as an effective guidepost when we’re in
Fairbanks church conference to address abortion, transgenderism, social media, porn
Amid the unleashing of LGBTQ Pride Month in Fairbanks this June, a local church aims to equip area residents with foundational and unchanging moral truths. Hosted by Chena Small Tracks Church of Christ, “Moral Truth in an Immoral Age,” is a five-day
OPINION: Mat-Su library board won’t pull youth sex book, but member admits ‘pushing’ it ‘would be grooming’
The May 18 “Objected Material Meeting” book complaint hearing at the Mat-Su Borough Building – between a library patron (myself) and a librarian – concerned the obscenity and misinformation-riddled book “Let’s Talk About It.” It was an
Dr. Anne Zink is working with global tech giants to massively expand state health powers
Movers and shakers from public health, technology, infrastructure and governmental sectors are gathering in Chicago this month to explore ways to modernize, standardize and expand the power and influence of government health across the U.S. Alaska’s Chief
OPINION: Alaska’s standardized test labels can mislead parents on students’ performance
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 —
School Board Assoc. director dismisses critics who point out Alaska’s dismal student test scores
Lon Garrison, who serves as executive director of the influential Alaska Association of School Boards, recently posted a sharply worded column in which he blasts those who note that dismal standardized test scores are objective evidence that Alaska’s public
AK lawmaker demands more educational funds, while deriding calls for greater accountability
State Sen. Loki Tobin (D-Anchorage) blasted her fellow lawmakers who are wary of pumping hundreds of millions in additional funding into Alaska’s failing public education system without added accountability measures. Tobin’s Feb. 13 speech on the Senate
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