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Fly: 9/2020-10/2020

Fly: 9/2020-10/2020

Sad news today as I've learned that "Fly" has succumbed to the Coronavirus. Fly was well known around the world for making an appearance at the Vice-Presidential debate last evening, encouraging Americans around the world to vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Fly began his

Educators express doubts about Covid plan at Anchorage School Board Meeting

Educators express doubts about Covid plan at Anchorage School Board Meeting

I wasn't going to write tonight, I swear. If you watched or listened to the Anchorage School District Board Meeting, you could hear the tension and frustration in the voices of teachers who testified about their concerns at the School Board meeting held virtually on September 22. Ben

Q&A With an Anchorage Educator

Q&A With an Anchorage Educator

I stumbled upon a huge social media thread where parents, teachers and Anchorage residents were having a mostly civil conversation about the Anchorage School District's plan to return children to the classroom. The overwhelming number of comments in that thread were from parents expressing concern about their children&

Dr. Bishop and Dr. Anne Zink via Alaska Black Caucus

Dr. Bishop and Dr. Anne Zink via Alaska Black Caucus

The Alaska Black Caucus held a Zoom conference today entitled Community Conversation: Race & Health: the Impact of COVID-19 on BIPOC Communities. The panel of guests included Anchorage School District Superintendent Dr. Deena Bishop, Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink and Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. The panel was asked

The Anchorage City School District Doesn't Have a Plan

The Anchorage City School District Doesn't Have a Plan

Alaska DHSS released the COVID-19 Alaska Weekly Case Update this morning and says that overall, new cases in Alaska are increasing. The daily state case rate as of September 12, 2020, is 8.7 cases per 100,000 people, averaged over the last 14 days. That's up from

Anchorage Says, 'No Thanks,' To Conversion Therapy

Anchorage Says, 'No Thanks,' To Conversion Therapy

In a 9-2 vote, the Anchorage Assembly passed an ordinance banning conversion therapy. Conversion therapy, or reparative therapy, is junk science aimed at changing an individual's sexual orientation or identity. The American Psychiatric Association struck homosexuality off its mental illness list back in 1973. Forty-seven years later, a

The Eviction Tsunami Is Coming, Impact Unknown

The Eviction Tsunami Is Coming, Impact Unknown

News outlets have forecast an eviction tsunami getting ready to crush between thirty and forty million Americans and place an unprecedented strain on courts in nearly every state across the country. This week, the CDC issued a sweeping temporary halt to evictions nationwide due to the Coronavirus pandemic applying to