The teenage girls behind a $25 minimum wage fight in rural Alaska

By: Chabeli Carrazana, The 19th

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: August 27, 2026

Words: 1,565

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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This story was originally reported by Chabeli Carrazana of The 19th. Meet Chabeli and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.

In one of the most remote towns in America, a group of teenagers is fighting to put an initiative on the November ballot that would raise the minimum wage for the largely Native population of Nome, Alaska.

The idea took hold earlier this year when the …

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