Lori Townsend

How can communities best help those who have been displaced from their home countries? We discuss welcoming new neighbors on this Talk of Alaska.

Boaters anchor in Juneau’s harbor to watch its Fourth of July fireworks. (Heather Bryant/KTOO)

Boaters anchor in Juneau’s harbor to watch its Fourth of July fireworks. (Heather Bryant/KTOO)

P14777-18 President Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act on the South Lawn of the White House. 26 July 1990 (Photo courtesy of George Bush Presidential Library and Museum)

Several boats of the island’s fleet dock at the St. Herman Harbor. (Brian Venua/KMXT)

A home under construction in Mertarvik in 2020 (Katie Basile/KYUK)

Bill Streever in studio for Talk of Alaska in 20216 (Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)

The U.S. Interior Department released a report to continue documenting the government’s role in the system that ripped children away from their homes.

Shoppers come and go from Fred Meyer and Carrs stores that face each other across the Seward Highway in Midtown Anchorage on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. The parent companies of the competing businesses, Kroger and Albertsons, want to merge. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

The Michael J. Burns Building, which houses the Permanent Fund offices on 10th Street, on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)