Indigenous Perspectives Crystal's world: Moving Alaska forward with large scale Indigenous art An interview with Alaska artist Crystal Worl on her latest and largest public mural, the practice of embracing change, and how this bittersweet moment in history presents huge opportunities for artists willing to claim them
Alaska Alaskans play the long game for climate, and win An interview with organizer Tristan Glowa on how citizen climate volunteers pushed a Fairbanks electric utility to trade out old coal for new wind power
Alaskapocalypse Don't look up, look around - a review The film suggests community – that I am not alone in seeing and struggling with the absurdity of our lives these days. And its prominence on the leading entertainment network of our era suggests this community may be larger than it often feels in my head.
War War or a Sentence: Reading 9/11 twenty years later The ladder of post-9/11 war rests precariously on solid things, like buildings, French fries, or testicles, and climbs higher into abstract concepts, like betrayal, freedom, heartbreak. A war or a sentence loses meaning the higher it climbs.
Alaskapocalypse Dunleavy's dumpster fire Who cares about shutting down when somehow you always fail up?
Healthcare Taking one for the team Toxic individualism fuels big pharma, but it also powers the anti-vax movement. Let's change the game and put community first.
Biden We do not have to use our words to defend Joe Biden On matters as sensitive as sexual assault, we need more venues in which women are given the full benefit of the doubt.
Coronavirus An Alaskan small business owner speaks out We were told COVID-19 stimulus programs would help small businesses, but then our timely applications were ignored while loans went to large companies.
Post Office What's going on with USPS? You might feel a little guilt if you pay your bills online, use email and don't remember the last time you actually mailed a birthday card. But that isn't what caused this crisis.
Indigenous Perspectives Let’s nominate a leader to transform America, not just defeat Trump Liberty and freedom are what Americans desire most. But we will only achieve them if we are bold enough to stand together, to raise our voices, to demand justice for all - including those who don’t look or sound like us.
Alaska A tale of two highways An epic Alaskan response to a commenter who resorted to namecalling advocates of Alaska’s Marine Highway.
Ferry Strike Fight for ferry workers, fight for ferries How you can support the strike & essential transportation for Alaska’s coastal communities
Alaska Permanent Fund Don’t Blame the PFD Alaskans can have a full PFD and robust social spending — but only if the state ends its tax handouts to multinational oil corporations.
Alaskapocalypse Alaskapocalypse ’19: Banana Republicans in Oil Country Because Alaska is a banana republic where oil is the bananas — one big Conoco company town — there are some winners in this scenario. The billionaire CEOs of oil corporations will continue to enjoy annual tax breaks that happen to equal Alaska’s annual budget shortfall.
Alaskapocalypse Forget PFD vs State, it’s Big Oil vs Alaskans Alaskans should build a bipartisan movement to end fossil fuel subsidies and protect the PFD. While the greed expressed by Dunleavy and his defenders is truly reprehensible, let’s not vilify low and middle income families who rely on the PFD to make ends meet and rise out of poverty.
Climate Change I can’t stop thinking about the state of our state Alaska is on fire both physically and metaphorically and I’m afraid we aren’t sounding the alarms loudly enough
Alaskapocalypse I need you to help. Governor Mike Dunleavy’s vetoes highlight Alaska’s very real institutional racism and classism. Not just the poor are paying the price, it is disproportionately Alaska Natives, especially those in the villages.
Alaskapocalypse Alaska’s governor is a puppet tyrant and his ideas are wildly unpopular The Koch Bros have given Dunleavy the delusional idea that he alone can dictate what’s best for our state. Our job is to stop him.
Short Story #alaskapocalypse in twitterverse We sipped the smoke like we sipped our first beer. Chewed the air like warm muktuk. Couldn’t see, couldn’t think. Everything dimmed. Stumbling in the way to the outhouse, dodging birds falling with a dull thud.
Healthcare What single payer means to an Alaskan fisherman with breast cancer Here’s how single payer works: You pay a little more in taxes and you don’t pay premiums. All doctors and hospitals are in-network. The end.
Healthcare Don’t stop now Alaska, real healthcare reform is within reach Improved Medicare For All can end our sky high health insurance premiums and lower overall health costs to Alaskans by absorbing Alaska’s high risk patients into a large, national pool
