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Matthew Beck

Anchorage, Alaska

AHF Community Conversation: Global Citizenship

AHF Community Conversation: Global Citizenship

The Alaska Humanities Forum (AHF) will host a community conversation March 1, at 6:00pm centered around the poetry of Soviet Union-born Ilya Kaminsky and the guiding question: What does it mean to be a global citizen?

Insiders Claim Homeless Coordinator No Longer with Health Department

Insiders Claim Homeless Coordinator No Longer with Health Department

Alaska Public Media reports that the Mayor's Office said D'Amato resigned and that neither D'Amato nor city officials gave a reason for his resignation after only three months on the job. Original: According to individuals who say they are familiar with the matter, Anchorage

On the radar: Militia monitoring group weighs in on local "militia-type" member

On the radar: Militia monitoring group weighs in on local "militia-type" member

Militia Watch, an online venture which began as a Medium publication in 2016 following several years of independent research into the world of U.S. militias, has responded to a piece I published yesterday about "Forgotten Freedoms" podcast host Dustin Sherman. Save Anchorage, and Mayor Bronson are backing

Bronson: ‘I Didn’t Defund SROs except That I Did Defund SROs and Now I Want SROs Funded

Bronson: ‘I Didn’t Defund SROs except That I Did Defund SROs and Now I Want SROs Funded

It's difficult to keep pace with the ever-changing narratives put out by Bronson sycophant Jamie Allard and Anchorage's sometimes mayor, but unsurprisingly here we are again, having to correct and clarify his confusing record. Last year, Bronson, who was likely influenced by Amy Demboski, defunded

Assembly candidates embrace militia agitator to promote campaigns

Assembly candidates embrace militia agitator to promote campaigns

In January, frequent school board and assembly agitator Dustin Sherman started the Forgotten Freedoms podcast to help promote political candidates. So far, the podcast, available on most major platforms, features friendly interviews with Assembly candidates Stephanie Flynn Taylor and Randy Sulte, school board candidate Rachel Ries, and relatively unknown candidates

She's been riding a wave of support since the recall, but Zaletel's supporters will still have to vote to #HoldTheLine

She's been riding a wave of support since the recall, but Zaletel's supporters will still have to vote to #HoldTheLine

Midtown Representative Meg Zaletel's last two years on the Anchorage Assembly have been interesting to say the least. Zaletel has seen her name emblazoned on Holocaust imagery, she's been referred to as an "enemy combatant" by members of the far-right Save Anchorage group,

Eledge: Qualified librarians think too much alike to be trusted

Eledge: Qualified librarians think too much alike to be trusted

After saying that she had read through "files of complaints" that had allegedly been lodged over books that have mostly sat on library shelves for years without incident, the unqualified deputy director of the Anchorage Public Library (APL) Judy Eledge bemoaned the lack of public participation in the