Reality Check w/ John Tracy: What’s in a name?

The residents of Utqiaġvik have about four more weeks of sunrises until the sun disappears for another winter.
Utqiaġvik is the Inupiat name for Barrow and, as voters recently decided, will be the official name of Alaska’s northernmost village.
The vote was close — passage came by just six votes. Many of those opposed to the name change expressed concern about the expense of changing things like stationary and signage, but others argued it was important to reclaim the