This Day in Alaskan History-May 17th, 1906

Photo: The Douglas World Cruisers above Seward, Alaska. National Archives

“The far-right Supreme Court hijacked the Constitution to let corporations spend in our elections. But we are not powerless. We can fight back,” said US Rep. Greg Casar. The state of Hawaii has passed a law that poses a direct challenge to the infamous 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, which opened the door to unlimited corporate […]

“Trump again says the quiet part out loud—America entered the Iran war to support a genocidal ethno-state and brutal absolute autocracies, all of whom are his political and commercial financiers.” During his campaign for reelection, one of President Donald Trump’s central pitches was that the US needed to stay out of foreign wars in […]