Different Uniforms, Same Rot
It is the Fourth of July, 2026, the 250th anniversary of a country that loves to talk about freedom. While our country is supposed to be celebrating freedom, hundreds of masked men marched through Was
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Personal stories from Alaska, told alongside reporting and policy about injustice, stigma, and the institutional harm that shadows marginalized people. I write community stories from lived experience and from the public record.
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Alaska’s Crime Lab Was Supposed to Build Trust. The Audit Did the Opposite.
Alaska spent $90 million on a crime lab. Auditors found safety breaches, unused forensic space, and oversight problems. Years later, the public still has no fresh audit showing if anything was fixed.
From Multiple Sexual Assault Charges to a Coercion Plea - Part One
This is just one of those cases Alaska should not forget
Alaska Keeps Showing How It Really Sees Sex Workers
Alaska keeps showing how it views sex workers. Not as individuals who stop a serial killer or turn in pedophiles, or report trafficking.
Colorado Fort Lewis College
Shortly after I graduated, professors and local police began a campaign of harassment, intimidation, and retaliation based on my guest columns and letters to the editor,
Stop Treating Every Raid as Rescue
The recent raids in Anchorage and Wasilla are being framed as arresting sex traffickers and rescuing victims, but many of those charged were actually the workers themselves.
A St. Patrick's Day to Remember
Today marks the anniversary of the day I started to visit a serial killer to get information.
TOXIC ADVOCACY WITH POWER BEHIND IT
Whisper campaigns hit different from people in power.
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