Don Young

No excuses for using the term 'wetback'

2013-04-06 00:00:00

After Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) used "wetbacks" in an interview last week to describe the migrant workers who were once employed on his family's farm in California — and quickly apologized for uttering the slur —- The Times published an...

Letters: On 'wetback'

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Re "Republican apologizes for slur against Latinos," March 30 As an American with a Hispanic last name, reading the story of the Alaskan member of Congress using the term "wetback" brought back childhood memories. I grew up in San Antonio, a...

Don Young's racist slur not good for GOP's minority outreach

2013-03-29 14:49:00

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Republican elected official who casually uses the racist term “wetbacks” during a radio interview is a dunderhead of the first magnitude. “My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60...

Alaska Rep. Don Young rebuked over slur

2013-03-29 09:06:00

WASHINGTON - One of the House of Representatives’ longest-serving Republicans now says he meant “no disrespect” when he used the term “wetbacks” to describe migrant workers his family once employed. His comment, which...

Inupiat whaling, drilling at stake in recent Alaskan mayor’s race

2011-12-06 16:33:30

Doug Brinkley, Rep. Don Young squabble over Arctic refuge

2011-11-22 21:34:09

CO2 sensitivity possibly less than most extreme projections

2011-11-25 16:33:33

Year in Review: Congress' 10 biggest enemies of the Earth

2011-12-14 16:35:28

Sarah Palin emails: Governor had icy relationship with state's congressional delegation

2011-06-10 14:12:00

Sarah Palin had a tough relationship with members of her home state congressional delegation, as she did with many other public officials. E-mail exchanges between then-Gov. Palin and the head of her Washington office, John Katz, often have "Palin...

Battle over Pebble Mine shifts to EPA

2010-08-03 21:33:28

Friday's Talk Shows: Charlie Sheen, Diane Sawyer, LeAnn Rimes and Joy Behar are guests on 'The Dr. Oz Show'

2009-10-30 04:34:35

Alaska pushes offer to help pay for exploratory drilling in refuge

2013-05-20 15:35:04

WASHINGTON Alaska is trying to drum up publicity for its offer to pay some of the cost of exploratory drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but the pitch appears to have no real chance. Gov. Sean Parnell appeared by video to make the...

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young (R-AK) speaks during a press conference concerning air passenger customer service improvements June 7, 2001 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

2013-03-29 00:00:00

KTUU's Steve MacDonald interviews Alaska's US Congressman Don Young.

2012-11-07 13:54:00

Rep. Don Young and Lisa Murkowski

2012-11-07 00:22:00