Fairbanks School Board rejects member’s plea to pull sexually explicit library books
The ongoing controversy around sexually explicit library books available to children enrolled in the Fairbanks School District was a hot topic at the latest school board meeting. During the Nov. 18 meeting, conservative Board Member Loa Carroll-Hubbard asked
OPINION: Dangerous legislation threatens Alaskan’s parental rights
Alaska Senate Bill 90, introduced by Senator Cathy Giessel of Anchorage, represents a dangerous overreach that undermines the fundamental rights of parents to guide their children's healthcare
State-funded Alaska Museum features artist who photos queerness, class struggle, self portrait nudes
Despite Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s recent executive order to cut wasteful government expenses and eradicate preferential spending on diversity, equity and inclusion agendas, bureaucrats at the publicly-funded Alaska State Museum have decided to spend money on
Task force draft proposes Black Lives Matter-type control over Anchorage police
The final draft reflects many of the priorities laid out by radical leftwing groups such as Black Live Matter, which favor "community-controlled policing" in which certain select community members have extensive authority and influence over local police
Amid failing students and sinking enrollment, Fairbanks superintendent wins national award
Despite a massive exodus of students and chronic failure to teach basic reading and math across the district, Fairbanks Superintendent Luke Meinert has been recognized as one of the top 10 school superintendents in the
OPINION: New leftist playbook aims to destroy America with promise of ‘more democracy’
Every socialist from Lenin to Obama started with the promise of “more democracy” before seizing power; this report is the 2020s version of the same
OPINION: Irreconcilable ethnic rivalry is not a predetermined fate
Conflicts based on unmet human needs - such as security, identity, dignity, and recognition - cannot be resolved through simple
The People’s Possession: Alaskans’ de facto ownership of the PFD
Alaskans' relationship to the PFD resembles a concept far older than Alaska itself: adverse possession. The doctrine by which long, open and continuous use ripens into ownership. It is among humanity’s oldest instruments for reconciling law with reality,
Kenai homeschooling surges while most other schools below projection
While the overall student population is declining in the Kenai Peninsula School District, homeschooling is bursting at the
Judge blocks investigation of ‘QueerDoc’ group that targets gender-confused Alaska youth
A federal judge has squashed a Dept. of Justice’s attempt to investigate a doctor who claims to have facilitated more transgender services on Alaska youth than any other
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