http://dir.salon.com/topics/alaska/?source=rss&aim=alaska en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT By Mark Benjamin and Christopher Weaver Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/snipers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/snipers/index.html?source=rss In 2007 elite U.S. snipers executed an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in cold blood. Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq? Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/28/alaska_finland_and_exxon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/02/28/alaska_finland_and_exxon/index.html?source=rss Flooded villages in Alaska, record grain harvests in Finland. Who's to blame? How 'bout Exxon? By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/17/endangered_polar_bears/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/17/endangered_polar_bears/index.html?source=rss Why hasn't the polar bear been granted federal protection? Maybe because the Bush administration plans a last-minute handout of oil leases on its habitat. By Amanda Griscom Little Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/20/clinton_qa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/20/clinton_qa/index.html?source=rss The presidential contender says we should look into "clean coal," but she can't promise she would never support "dirty" energy. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/08/13/alaska/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/08/13/alaska/index.html?source=rss Every member of Alaska's all-GOP congressional delegation is embroiled in scandal. By Michael Scherer Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/19/halliburton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/19/halliburton/index.html?source=rss Or, how the Alaskan Inupiat Eskimos got a no-bid contract in South America from the U.S. government. By Alex Koppelman Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/07/mike_gravel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/07/mike_gravel/index.html?source=rss No job, no money, no problem -- after personal setbacks, the quirky Alaskan returns to his first love as a long-shot contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/02/alaska/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/02/alaska/index.html?source=rss A Jan. 1 victory for lesbian and gay employees of Alaska. By Seth Kantner Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/11/13/alaska/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2006/11/13/alaska/index.html?source=rss Put aside stories of a freezing, exotic locale full of igloos and kooks in favor of these portraits of the hardscrabble -- and magical -- Northern state. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/20/chavez_and_exxon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/20/chavez_and_exxon/index.html?source=rss Hugo Chavez comes to Alaska's rescue, while Exxon fiddles and the world burns By Garrison Keillor Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/19/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/19/keillor/index.html?source=rss Hairy-legged hikers may look down with disdain, but there's a perverse pleasure in viewing rugged wilderness from the deck of a cruise ship. Andrew Leonard Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/01/12/alaska/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/01/12/alaska/index.html?source=rss Drill for oil? In Alaskan wilderness? Go right ahead! Tim Grieve Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/09/20/alaska/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/09/20/alaska/index.html?source=rss The man responsible for Alaska's "bridge to nowhere" isn't about to give up his highway pork to help fund Katrina relief. By Rebecca Clarren Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/09/bridges/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/09/bridges/index.html?source=rss Alaska's Gravina Island (population less than 50) will soon be connected to the megalopolis of Ketchikan (pop. 8,000) by a bridge nearly as long as the Golden Gate and higher than the Brooklyn Bridge. Alaska residents can thank Rep. Don Young, who just brought home $941 million worth of bacon. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/05/save_the_environment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/05/save_the_environment/index.html?source=rss Environmentalists say that four more years of Bush will turn even the red states black. By Mary Jacoby Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/01/senate_races/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/01/senate_races/index.html?source=rss Counting Electoral College votes driving you totally batty? Take a mental health break with these crucial contests. By Daniel Glick Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/01/alaska/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/01/alaska/index.html?source=rss Stymied in his plans to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Bush has raced ahead to fast-track oil development elsewhere in Alaska -- imperiling an entire way of life. By Joe Conason Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/10/16/alaska/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/10/16/alaska/index.html?source=rss Locked in a close Senate race in Alaska, Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski is getting a big push from the major industries tied to her powerful father, the governor. By Damien Cave Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/09/27/oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/09/27/oil/index.html?source=rss After Sept. 11, conservatives call again for drilling in Alaska -- but environmentalists say the real danger is our addiction to oil. By Dan Ackman Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/05/08/energy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/05/08/energy/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration has convinced the nation that we're in the middle of a power emergency, but the facts indicate otherwise. By Jack Boulware Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/01/22/alaska/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/01/22/alaska/index.html?source=rss Two men are arrested for bringing Russian women and girls to Alaska to work as strippers. By Anthony York Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/11/environment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/11/environment/index.html?source=rss Fearing a return to the days of James Watt, green activists mobilize to spike Bush's environmental nominees. By Donald D. Groff Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/2000/04/28/whales/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/advisor/2000/04/28/whales/index.html?source=rss Tips on spotting Alaska's great leviathan, choosing a mileage-earning credit card and renting a car in Europe. By Sally Eckhoff Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/03/22/iditarod/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/03/22/iditarod/index.html?source=rss The Alaskan Iditarod is supposed to be about huskies having fun, but that's not what animal rights groups think. By Anne Beatts Fri, 09 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/06/30/kafkanorth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/06/30/kafkanorth/index.html?source=rss Franz's niece takes the Yukon.