Anchorage Daily News

1 day ago | adn.com | John Duffy

I have often thought about race and racism, and with our federal administration’s DEI and immigration activities, I think about racism more than ever. The term “race” says that we are distinct from one another. Yet that is not what the Bible or science says. The Bible says that we are all God’s children and have common ancestry in Eve and Adam. Our science tells us that we have a common heritage — we are descendants from Africa and that all human DNA is 99.9% identical.

2 days ago | adn.com | Ronald Brownstein

The highest price for President Donald Trump’s second-term plans will be paid by those who are not yet born. Yes, it’s true that today’s lower- and middle-income families will shoulder a large share of the cost — and that’s what’s getting most of the attention as Republicans push through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a budget reconciliation plan that, for all Trump’s populist rhetoric, pursues a mostly conventional Republican approach.

2 days ago | adn.com | Hanna Arhirova |Michelle L. Price

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields. The U.S. president said in a social media post that “It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.”The call that lasted for an hour and 15 minutes was Trump’s first known with Putin since May 19.

2 days ago | adn.com | Jerry Brewer

Follow the NBA - or anything, really - for too long, and your brain gets sentenced to myopia. You think about the game one way, honoring outworn rules and traditions and beliefs, shunning innovation as radical behavior. You can read hundreds of quotes about change and arrive only at the submissive conclusion that it’s too difficult an aspiration. That’s partly why, despite its burgeoning greatness, the Oklahoma City Thunder has been greeted with skepticism until now.

2 days ago | adn.com | Elizabeth Earl

Alaska’s seafood industry could see an outsized impact from international tariffs, according to experts. In April, President Donald Trump announced a major tariff hike on China, escalating up to 145%, and China retaliated with similar rates. Though both governments struck a deal in May delaying any increases by at least 90 days, they haven’t been canceled, and tariffs have stayed elevated since his last presidency.