Alaska
Alaska Tribal Summit addresses Native rights
May 12, 2011The Alaska Tribal Leaders Summit held in Anchorage May 5-7 focused on concerns over Native youth disenfranchisement and the controversial status of hunting and fishing rights.
Read moreMurkowski returns: what it means for Alaska
January 7, 2011Now that the far-right Joe Miller is out of the picture in Alaskan politics, the left has to pull together to push legislation toward supporting policies that stop the GOP agenda.
Read moreIn Sarah Palin’s Alaska, rival Lisa Murkowski triumphs
November 17, 2010Alaska's Republican write-in candidate Lisa Murkowski beat tea party fav Joe Miller, despite Sarah Palin's best efforts to ice the incumbent.
Read moreWhy Alaska Native Democrats voted for Murkowski
November 12, 2010This election made Alaska a unique case: voting Republican was a needed sacrifice to keep the far-right wing out of office.
Read moreAlaska tea party candidate: a study in contradictions
October 12, 2010Republican senatorial candidate Joe Miller of Alaska has stirred up controversy recently. He is the Tea Party favorite, Palin backed, and it's no surprise that he believes everything the federal government provides is negative.
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