Home » Topics » alaska
Stubbs the cat draws tourists to Talkeetna, Alaska as the town’s long-time mayor
Politicians everywhere might work just a little bit harder today, after news got out this weekend that one of the country’s best-loved politicians is a cat named Stubbs. According to locals in Talkeetna, Alaska, the cat — who’s been in office for 15 years — first won his office because…
Fukishima radiation ruled out, for now, as cause of Alaska seal deaths
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Preliminary tests appear to rule out radiation from Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant as the cause of mysterious deaths and illness that struck scores of Alaska seals last year, federal officials said on Friday. Preliminary tests of tissue samples from animals that fell victim to…
Alaska: The Biggest Cult On Earth
What’s the craziest shit you’ve heard about Sarah Palin? Because fuck that weak shit, this is crazier. Had lunch with a couple who had just been to a law-school reunion in California (Stanford). They met a classmate who, immediately after law school, moved to Fairbanks and has practiced there ever…
Sarah Palin’s diversity in action as governor: cronies and classmates – and definitely no blacks
(UPDATE: I highly recommend reading Alaskan Amy Jones’s well-researched blog about this topic.) While there aren’t a lot of black people living in Alaska (4.46%), it would be interesting to know what Governor Sarah Palin thinks of her taxpaying black citizens and her approach to inclusion. Wait no longer. The…
The Home Of The McCain Campaign In Alaska
I’m generally pretty sensitive about the intersection of campaigning and governing, which makes the Alaska Governor’s splash page all the weirder. It’s not over-the-top, but by any reasonable standard, it’s a pretty clear campaign statement: “It is the honor of my life to represent you as your Governor, and over…
Brand new on Raw Story
- Watch: Dozens of massive tornadoes rip through midwestern states
- 18-year-old’s breakthrough invention can recharge phones in seconds
- AP chief to Obama: Spying on reporters is ‘an unconstitutional act’
- Leading climate scientist: Canada’s tar sands makes climate change ‘unsolvable’
- Yahoo prepares to buy Tumblr for up to $1.1 billion
- Study: Climate change slowed over last decade but may speed up again
- ‘Star Trek’ box office jumps to warp speed, outpacing ‘Iron Man 3′
- Virginia Republican: ‘Black civil rights leaders’ responsible for ‘genocide’
- Vanden Heuvel: Republicans using ‘weapons of mass distraction’ against Obama
- Jennifer Rubin demands CNN ‘mute’ David Shuster for ‘Media Matters talking points’
Commentary
Stop whining about Millennials
By Pando Daily
Six ways the GOP could screw up the Obama administration’s scandals
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
