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Support smokefree workplace bill

Smokefree workplace policies eliminate exposure to second-hand smoke for people in their workplaces and improve the health of…

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Rep. Young citing Holocaust in gun control debate is disrespectful

During U.S. Rep. Don Young’s recent speaking engagement with the Alaska Municipal League, he used the Holocaust as…

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Support House Bill 27 to protect Alaska’s children from toxic chemicals

As a scientist, aunt, mother and grandmother I am very concerned about the toxic chemical soup that our…

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Rep. Young’s comment on the Holocaust factually, logically untrue

Earlier this week, in response to the renewed national debate on gun violence, U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska,…

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Lower the voting age to 16

It is time to lower the voting age to 16. We fully accepted that a 16-year-old student can…

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Alaska’s opioid induced cultural-suicide

The addiction to opioid’s in Alaska is an affliction, only playing second-fiddle to the disease of irresponsible gun-ownership!…

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Wearable Art uproar

“Appropriation” is a polite word for theft. When Christy NaMee Eriksen led the charge publicly condemning an artist…

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Evaluating teachers should be a right for students

Are teachers really doing what they get paid $50,000 to $90,000 a year to do? Most people would…

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It is time to demand reality

Two weeks have passed since the brutal 2018 Valentine’s Day massacre of 17 innocent people at a school…

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Never again — school violence

Righteous student activists in favor of gun control have reminded me to voice a similar opinion. Stop the…

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What will Murkowski do about health care?

I listened to Sen. Murkowski’s February 22 speech to the Alaska Legislature. I am addressing her comments about…

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Raise your voice to protect the community

Named after a gold miner exploring development opportunities, the city of Juneau has a long history of mining.…

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End teacher tenure

I would like to respond to the Jan. 26 column by Win Gruening, titled “Isn’t it time for…

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Teachable moment missed for Juneau students

I was disheartened to read that Juneau students were not allowed back to class after their brief tribute…

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Ban assault weapons

AR-15’s, AK-47s and similar rapid firing assault rifles were designed as combat weapons for the use by law…

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Take inspiration from cultures

I have been feeling quite perplexed regarding the issue of cultural appropriation, as it has arisen around the…

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Does all art appropriate?

In the wake of recent accusations of racism and misuse of others’ cultures, I must ask: “Are pale-skinned…

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We need to pay for what we use

Regarding Mr. Wohlforth’s commentary in the Anchorage Daily News, Feb. 19, he really summed up the situation nicely,…

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Ninth Circuit ruling threatens Native subsistence rights

Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE) is disappointed by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on…

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People over poisons, please

Call your legislators about Senate Bill 173 regarding pesticides and utility poles. We operate Oceanside Farms in Homer,…