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Opinion: Is white privilege real?

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Opinion: Is white privilege real?

White privilege is not the suggestion that white people have never struggled.

Opinion: Mask messaging to students is inconsistent

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Opinion: Mask messaging to students is inconsistent

We need a mask mandate, here’s why.

Opinion: Thank you for discussing white privilege

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Opinion: Thank you for discussing white privilege

The term “white privilege” was not coined to make recent white immigrants ashamed.

Juneau City Hall on Monday, March 30. The City and Borough of Juneau voted Monday against raising taxes and passed a reduced budget. They also looked at creating a jobs program to do trail maintenance. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire file)

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Opinion: Bond package should include energy cost savings measures

On July 20, the CBJ Assembly will be considering a bond package for this fall’s ballot. It will…

Opinion: White privilege in today’s America

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Opinion: White privilege in today’s America

“I feel very privileged to be a United States citizen, but it has nothing to do with being…

Juneau City Hall shown in this Monday, March 30, photo won’t be the site of a pair of upcoming city meetings. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Bonds are a legitimate tool to build necessary infrastructure

We resort to bonding because taxes from other sources are insufficient to fund capital projects.

Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues

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Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues

Taxes aren’t the only factor in oil production.

Opinion: Federal assistance is needed for renewable energy development

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Opinion: Federal assistance is needed for renewable energy development

“Without federal assistance we are in deep trouble.”

Opinion: Defending law and order and defunding the police

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Opinion: Defending law and order and defunding the police

It’s possible to believe some police reform is necessary and empathize with and support the police.

Opinion: Please, Juneau, wear your masks

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Opinion: Please, Juneau, wear your masks

I wear my mask for you.

Juneau City Hall on Monday, March 30. The City and Borough of Juneau voted Monday against raising taxes and passed a reduced budget. They also looked at creating a jobs program to do trail maintenance. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire file)

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Opinion: Stay the course, bond debt isn’t the answer

Keeping Juneau affordable into the future is the right thing to do.

Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets

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Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets

Recent evidence suggests evidence debilitating fear of Trump’s twittering thumbs.

Opinion: Earnings comparisons are fair game

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Opinion: Earnings comparisons are fair game

Stockholders got billions that should’ve been retained to cover ferries , schools and dividends.

Opinion: Now’s the time to make your plan to vote

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Opinion: Now’s the time to make your plan to vote

Fellow Alaskans, please make a plan for voting this fall.

Opinion: Southeast Community Services Center strengthens Juneau

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Opinion: Southeast Community Services Center strengthens Juneau

The need for improved services in Juneau is real.

Opinion: Breast cancer, chemicals and environmental justice

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Opinion: Breast cancer, chemicals and environmental justice

Prevention is badly needed.

Opinion: It’s de ja vù all over again with recent court decision

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Opinion: It’s de ja vù all over again with recent court decision

As was done in Dred Scott, the judicial branch’s idiotic logic pushes our society to the brink.

A statue of William Henry Seward, former U.S. Senator and governor of New York, Vice President and Secretary of State who negotiated the purchase of the Alaska territory from the Russian Empire in 1867 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. A petition has been circulating online calling for the statue’s removal, citing Seward’s relationship with Alaska Natives. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Imagine living in Russia

Is this statue a polarizing issue? Which side are you on?

Opinion: Supreme Court appointments will become the key issue in 2020 election

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Opinion: Supreme Court appointments will become the key issue in 2020 election

The 2020 Presidential election will soon become a single issue campaign.

Opinion: Juneteenth, Juneau, Jerry Jones and the worth of Black bodies

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Opinion: Juneteenth, Juneau, Jerry Jones and the worth of Black bodies

Anti-racist work is ours.