Following a press release issued by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People demanding that the Alaska Day Committee of Sitka “retract and remove the scheduled Slavery auction on the calendar of events” for the Alaska Day festivities, that organization has decided to change the name of the October fundraiser. The Sitka organizers […]
ANCHORAGE: The Anchorage NAACP is calling on Alaska Republican Party Chairman Peter Goldberg to retract comments about slavery made at a party meeting on Saturday. A speaker at the meeting said, “African Americans on public assistance are subject to a new-age form of slavery.” These comments followed a speech by Dan Sullivan, who previously created […]
ANCHORAGE: The Anchorage NAACP is calling on Alaska’s state Division of Insurance to be an aggressive watchdog to hold down insurance rates. After more than 12,000 additional Alaskans signed up for health coverage, it is critical to keep their rates low and prevent insurance companies from unnecessary price hikes. Vigilance is required because the state […]