For The Guardian: In Alaska, homeless on the frozen streets (with Ash Adams photos)
This post includes unpublished Ash Adams photos taken during our reporting.
This post includes unpublished Ash Adams photos taken during our reporting.
I can’t let politics destroy my relationship to Alaska. Aside from my family, community is all I’ve got.
Anchorage’s homeless population is highly visible in some respects — most recently in news stories about crime and loitering in Town Square Park — but people standing outside the shower house this week described feeling invisible. Looking dirty, especially, marks you as different, they said. People look right through you.
Watch how well-loved old school Cafe del Mundo became the gorgeous, new school Black Cup.
Here’s a digital postcard my students made on a sunny day in Spenard.
Whattaya doin’ New Years? Gretchen has some suggestions.
Shipping IKEA, Arctic Valley adventures, Alaska-style weddings, Obama, tart-making and LOTS of home makeovers.
Local, thoughtful, last-minute gifts that won’t break the bank.