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Protecting salmon is good business and the right thing to do

Propaganda is, by definition, information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a…

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So-called ‘right to work’ is an attack on workers

Weakening unions weakens the middle class.

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End family internment at the border

We, the Social Action Working Group of Sukkat Shalom, the Jewish congregation in Juneau, write to demand the…

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There’s no such thing as a nonprofit

The news about furloughs at Perseverance Theatre isn’t good, especially for the employees who will be missing out…

Opinion

Protecting salmon is good business and the right thing to do

Propaganda is, by definition, information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a…

Letters to the Editor

Border crisis

Question: Why are so many people fleeing their country of origin? Answer: They claim their country is lawless…

In this Feb. 26 photo, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, gives a thumbs up while speaking about the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling during his annual speech to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Progress is coming for Southeast Alaska

Whenever I return to Southeast Alaska, I’m always filled with a renewed sense of optimism and awe for…

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Curtail the sacred cow: the cruise industry

The dairies of Juneau are long departed, yet there remains one cow in town — a sacred cow…

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Forget North Douglas crossing, buy AEL&P

Once again certain businessmen in the City and Borough of Juneau are pushing us to revisit a second…

In this Feb. 26 photo, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, gives a thumbs up while speaking about the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling during his annual speech to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Progress is coming for Southeast Alaska

The economic health of our Southeast communities is vital not only for our citizens who live here, but…

Opinion

There’s no such thing as a nonprofit

The news about furloughs at Perseverance Theatre isn’t good, especially for the employees who will be missing out…

Opinion

Stand up, speak out against separating children from parents

Separating children from their parents at the Southern border is cruel. It is meant to be cruel. It…

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Zero-tolerance a strategic blunder and national disgrace

President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ zero-tolerance policy is dangerous to our national security, as well…

Learn from our history, don’t repeat it

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Learn from our history, don’t repeat it

The Department of Homeland Security removed more than 2,000 children from their families in a matter of weeks.…

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We all must stop this monstrosity!

The current U.S. policy of ripping crying children from their parents arms because they are illegal immigrants is…

Learn from our history, don’t repeat it

Opinion

Learn from our history, don’t repeat it

The Department of Homeland Security removed more than 2,000 children from their families in a matter of weeks.…

Opinion

Zero-tolerance a strategic blunder and national disgrace

Trump and Sessions’ zero-tolerance policy is dangerous to our national security, as well as so wrong on so…

Letters to the Editor

Stand up, speak out against separating children from parents

Separating children from their parents at the Southern border is cruel.

Opinion

Forget North Douglas crossing, buy AEL&P

Once again certain businessmen in the City and Borough of Juneau are pushing us to revisit a second…

Opinion

Curtail the sacred cow: the cruise industry

The dairies of Juneau are long departed, yet there remains one cow in town — a sacred cow…