Alaskan recounts tale of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union
When the Soviet Union allowed a number of Soviet Jews to emigrate after the 1967 Six-Day War in the Middle East, expectations of freer Jewish emigration to Israel become a real possibility. But they were soon shattered as the 1972 Soviet emigration head tax
As a Russian immigrant, I learned a difficult but critical lesson about America’s flag
Down through history people have used rock drawings, language, a smile or handshake, music, songs, legends, national flags and national anthems to communicate ideas, cultural values, national ideals and norms of behavior. Culture is passed down by intentional
This is it Anchorage – vote now or roll over!
Despite a year of protests, rallies and passion-filled Anchorage Assembly meetings, conservatives are not turning out in droves to vote for a new mayor, school board candidates or to oust hard-left Assembly Chair Felix Rivera. As of April 2, only 34,150
TODAY: Town hall will address effort to inject critical race theory across Anchorage schools
The Anchorage School District will hold the second of two online townhall meetings on March 30 to address its plan to inject critical race theory throughout area schools. The meeting runs 6-8 p.m. On March 25, the district conducted a highly controlled Zoom
‘A gift from God’: State offers tactics to sway Alaskans to get COVID shots
The Alaska Division of Public Health sent a March 26 email to educators, healthcare providers and others around the state to equip and enlist them in addressing what it calls the “constant and growing problem” of vaccine hesitancy. The notice includes
Resolution to amend Alaska Constitution on abortion passes first legislative hurdle
Senate Joint Resolution 4, which looks to clarify that Alaska’s constitution does not protect abortion or state funding for abortion, has passed the first of many legislative hurdles. On March 23, the measure passed out of the Senate Health and Social
Murkowski votes to confirm transgender HHS nominee who backs cross-sex hormones for kids
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of just two Republicans who joined every single Democrat in voting on March 24 to confirm transgender man, Rachel Levine, as the Assistant Secretary at the Dept. of Health and Human Services. Murkowski was joined by fellow liberal
Public hearings set on plan to inject radical racial-justice philosophy in Anchorage schools
Before implementing progressive critical race theory policies across the entire Anchorage School District, the Anchorage School board will to hear from the public on March 25 and March 30 via virtual town hall meetings. The proposed policies aim to infuse
It’s time to expose ‘white privilege’ theory for what it really is
Activists on the left claim that WPT or “White Privilege Theory” is a social movement for justice, equal rights and opportunities for people of color who were historically deprived of their rights through systematic discrimination and structural poverty.
Alaska pastors urged to mobilize against religious liberty threats posed by Equality Act
Roughly 30 religious and political leaders gathered in Anchorage on March 18 to address concerns about the Equality Act and what they see as its grave threat to religious liberty, children and the unborn. Hours before the meeting, the U.S. Senate began
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