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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

Right-Wing Gender-Obsessed Activists Launch Petition Seeking to Censor Anchorage Public Library Book

Right-Wing Gender-Obsessed Activists Launch Petition Seeking to Censor Anchorage Public Library Book

A petition posted to a Facebook group belonging to the far-right anti-LGBTQ hate organization Alaska Parents’ Rights in Education seeks the relocation of an LGBTQ themed book in the Anchorage Public Library. Once again in the crosshairs of right-wing activists is the children's book Jack (Not Jackie) (2018)

Anchorage Saved...for now.

Anchorage Saved...for now.

Less than two years after appearing on Anchorage's political scene, Mayor Bronson's Save Anchorage cult has become synonymous with extremism and conspiracy theories, making voters' rejection of Kathy Henslee, Stephanie Flynn-Taylor, Liz Vazquez, Mark Anthony Cox, and Rachel Ries all the more delicious if only

Fundraiser to Obtain Records Related to Anchorage Public Library & LGBTQ Books Exceeds Goal

Fundraiser to Obtain Records Related to Anchorage Public Library & LGBTQ Books Exceeds Goal

Book Riot, the largest independent editorial book site in North America, is taking aim at the Anchorage Public Library and the Municipality of Anchorage over the Bronson administration's assault on LGBTQ books first detailed by The Blue Alaskan. On February 8, Book Riot writer Kelly Jensen submitted a

Rejected and Out of Touch: “Big Lie” Believer Attempts to Reignite Effort to Revoke Vote by Mail

Rejected and Out of Touch: “Big Lie” Believer Attempts to Reignite Effort to Revoke Vote by Mail

Shortly after Mayor Bronson's narrow victory in last year's mayoral runoff election — a victory secured with help from outside consulting firm Axiom Strategies and through the obfuscation of campaign disclosures — the far-right began telegraphing an organized effort that they hoped would bring about an end to

Audio: Unaware Allard Unleashed!

Audio: Unaware Allard Unleashed!

Audio Credit: The audio used in this piece came from the Polar Press YouTube channel. A wild video posted to the Polar Press YouTube channel on April 5 appears to contain a January 31, 2022, telephone call between Assembly candidate Nial Williams and far-right Eagle River Assemblyperson Jamie Allard — a