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What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

It’s been roughly 21 months since a network of Facebook groups began a political and public health disinformation campaign coordinated by well-known Alaska Republican Party figures in an attempt to wrest control of Anchorage from voter-backed progressive leadership. That means it’s been 20 months since I began writing

‘Tip of a Very Dirty Iceberg’: Librarian Resigns Citing Alarming Issues Due to Eledge, Demboski

‘Tip of a Very Dirty Iceberg’: Librarian Resigns Citing Alarming Issues Due to Eledge, Demboski

Until recently, Linda Klein worked at the Anchorage Public Library (APL) as the youth services librarian and was the 2012 recipient of the American Library Association's Penguin Random House Young Readers Group Award. The award provided a $600 stipend for up to four children's librarians to

This Week In Sanity: 'Don't Read Gay'

This Week In Sanity: 'Don't Read Gay'

There's a lot of heinous crap coming out of the Bronson administration right now, but at the top of the list are alarming, and to be honest horrifying, reports about what's been going on behind the scenes at the Anchorage Public Library. Judy Colludy Last year,

Executive Director of Anchorage Equal Rights Commission Departs

Executive Director of Anchorage Equal Rights Commission Departs

Anchorage Equal Rights Commission (AERC) Executive Director Mitzi Bolaños Anderson has resigned, having taken a new job in the Lower 48. Anderson will work with the city of Des Moines (where they provide employees with paid parental leave) as civil and human rights director. Last year, former Acting Anchorage Mayor

Defeated, Flynn-Taylor Concedes East Anchorage Assembly Race.

Defeated, Flynn-Taylor Concedes East Anchorage Assembly Race.

Stephanie Flynn-Taylor, a longtime Save Anchorage member turned right-wing radical who attempted to unseat East Anchorage Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar, called yesterday to congratulate him on his re-election. Flynn-Taylor's failed bid for the assembly received support from noteworthy individuals such as Must Read Alaska Editor Suzanne Downing, ousted gubernatorial

Petition Seeks Removal of Anchorage Public Library Deputy Director Judy Eledge

Petition Seeks Removal of Anchorage Public Library Deputy Director Judy Eledge

It was bound to happen sooner or later. Anchorage Action co-founder Andrew Gray has launched a petition in an attempt to pressure the Bronson administration into removing Judy Eledge from her role as the Anchorage Public Library's deputy director. The petition states that Eledge has improperly confiscated and

Jharrett Bryantt Selected Next Anchorage School District Superintendent

Jharrett Bryantt Selected Next Anchorage School District Superintendent

Ultra conservatives—the kind of people who sought and failed to install anti-science and anti-LGBTQ demagogues onto the Anchorage School Board aren't going to be too happy about this one. The Anchorage School Board just announced it has selected Dr. Jharrett Bryantt as the district's new