FEATURES & COLUMNS ACHIA, Alaska's High-Cost, High-Risk Health Insurance
Dose of Reality, by Neil Davis Known as Alaska's health insurance program of last resort, suddenly there are ads everywhere touting the benefits of ACHIA. The program is incredibly expensive, only 500 people are on its rolls, and it's been around for 18 years. So whay the big media blitz? Why now?
Alaska Ukulele Ladies on Tour in Hawaii
by D. Helfferich, part one of two: Kanile'a Ukulele Four friends went to Hawaii for sea, sun, tropical fruit, and ukulele camp.
Contaminated Sites in the Arctic: Alaska
reprinted with minor edits from Polar Star No. 2, staff report from Robin des Bois Alaska has 509 polluted sites north of the Arctic Circle. But how to define a contaminated site?
The Continuing Slide
A Conspiracy of Ravens, by Richard Seifert There on the pipeline, if you know where to look, is the poignant question: "Where will it all end?"
Curiouser and Darker
by Cassidy Phillips, playwright Alice in the Underground is a retelling of Alice in Wonderland, using a homeless sixteenyear-old living on the surreal and icy streets of Fairbanks. It is also a fundraiser for the Street Outreach & Advocacy Program for homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth.
The Inuit, the State, and the Battle for the Arctic
by Barry S. Zellen The long isolation of the Arctic is changing, which puts the region in play strategically, as the historic promise of unlocking its full potential renews interest in the region among numerous stakeholders.
Local Food Here!
by D. Helfferich Jeff Johnson, cattle rncher and vice-president of the Fairbanks chapter of the Alaska Farm Bureau, decided to take matters into his own hands when searching for a place to sell his meat. So he opened HomeGrown Market: a local grocery store selling local produce, meat, and dairy. What a radical idea!
More Grit than Glitter, More Hope than Gold
by Robert C. Emmett Men and women who came North in the hope of becoming rich found themselves instead becoming wage slaves, sometimes in a northern version of Hell.
The Missionary Position on Violence and Sex
by Neal Matson When did this tolerance of and insensitivity to visual violence begin?
Red Hot Dogs and Red Herrings
by Philip A. Loring, Seven Agricultural Myths, No. 4 The notion of superior economic efficiency for industrail agriculture is yet another myth. Take the case of Tyson's vs. Jordan Meats.
The Right to Ride
The Long View, by Ross Coen A close examination of the Denali snowmachine controversy reveals that it is about much, much more than Denali and snowmachines.
Zombie Radio
by Leah M. Hill Dead Air, normally a really bad thing in radio, is perhaps not so bad a thing when it's a radio drama—unless tips on how to avoid being eaten by the living dead are not your cup of tea.
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