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Reviews & Sections

Book Reviews & Library News
Don't Confuse Me with Facts!
Denialism: how Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives
by Michael Specter
review by David A. James

Cartoon

"Cry Me An Ocean"
by Jamie Smith

Editorial
Economic Clout: Participatory Budgeting

Letter to the Editor
Michelle Therese

Movie Reviews
Up in the Air
The King of Kong
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Hot Tub Time Machine
Kick Ass
Where the Wild Things Are

reviews by Keely Buchanan

poetry
"The Perfect Day"
by Ronan Short

The Postal News
Community Announcements

Stork Report
Madrona Jane Westphal

Victuals & Drink
The Delightful Pinkness of Juicing
by D. Helfferich

Ray's View from the Lump

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FEATURES & COLUMNS

APY: Through Rain, Shine, and Hail!
by Brad Rouda, photos by Monique Musick

The day was full of pockets of sun, torrential downpours, and even hail. None of this, however, could stop the party.

Dispatches from the Gulf: An Oily Catastrophe
by Dahr Jamail, photos by Erika Blumenfeld

On-the-spot reporting from the Gulf of Mexico: the situation is worse than you think.

Feeding Ourselves: Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Sustainability
by Mike Emers

Make no mistake—there are opportunities in farming right here in Alaska.

The Governor, His Deputy, and A Sweetheart Deal Gone Sour
The Long View, by Ross Coen

Twenty-five years ago this month, Alaska saw its only gubernatorial impeachment hearing.

Independence Day!
by D. Helfferich

Silliness and prizes at the Fourth of July celebration in Ester.

The Missionary Position on Turning Fifty
by Neal Matson

The fiftieth column for the Republic is marked by a top ten list and musing on how the author has become more progressive, or liberal, with age.

New Flagpole for the EVFD
by D. Helfferich

Boy Scouts Troop 92 helped Oliver Rogers with his Eagle Scout project: a flagpole and commemoration wall, dedicated on the Fourth of July.

Old Friends in Anchorage: Wells Fargo and Columbia/HCA
Dose of Reality, by Neil Davis

The history between Wells Fargo and Alaska Regional Hospital goes way back, and it's not always savory.

The Really Great News from the Underground
A Conspiracy of Ravens, by Richard Seifert

Some days are diamonds, and the day the French government was culture jammed was one of them.

School Gardens for Social Change
by Katie Spring, photos by Kelsey Fitzgerald

What is the difference between charity and social change? The one is like giving a hungry family a box of zucchini, but the other is like teaching them how to garden.

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