And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

I n June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women ...

The "decision to return to the McKinley name" for Alaska's mountain is a "slap in the face of recent efforts to acknowledge ...

From military bases to wildlife refuges, a president who specializes in branding is renaming things to make a point.

As a clergy person who has served congregations in the Black and of-color communities in Chicago, Boston and Washington, DC ...

WE’VE all stayed in nice hotels with your classic beach views – but there are some we visit for their weird factor alone. Across the globe there are some pretty crazy hotels, and On ...

Jessie Holmes, a 43-year-old who came to Alaska from Alabama more than 20 years ago, earned his first victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday. Holmes crossed under the burled arch in ...

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