BY DONN LISTON (2018@DonnListon.com) August 3, 2017 ECHO Magazine What is the better option for young Alaskans in today’s economy, going to college or learning a trade? For the generations of Americans who entered the workforce after World War II, higher education was only a consideration if you could afford it. Otherwise, graduating high school meant …
BY DONN LISTON (2016©DonnListon.com) February 28, 2016 NorthernRight.com Over the holidays we spent time with family Outside, some of whom I have not seen in quite a long time. One lovely woman whom I last saw more than two decades ago approached me familiarly and enthused that she heard I was now a teacher! She …
REPRINT FROM: http://www.alaskool.org/projects/ancsa/articles/ADN/Gruening_Rights_Fight.htm by Donn Liston, Daily News Staff Writer Anchorage Daily News, June 28, 1974 Long before civil rights confrontations of the last decade, Ernest Gruening fought for equality among people. And with the death of Alaska’s “grandfather figure” Wednesday, Native people are remembering what he did to ensure their human rights at a …
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