Challenge
Costco limits citizens’ access to stores
Shopping at Costco is a normal part of life for thousands of Alaskans. A Costco employee guards the entrance, checking for membership cards, which cost $45 yearly.
Is it legal to limit access to stores to American citizens? Is it fair? Does this practice diminish our freedom? Does it degrade our democracy?
One of the goals of Alaska Humanity News is to explore everyday events and situations that escape attention because they are omnipresent. CHALLENGES is one of these features. Look through this edition to find other unusual features.
Send us news about perplexing contradictions, about unexamined assaults on everyday life, and we will take a look inside the news, and outside the box, and publicize it. See page 6 for a look at last month’s Challenge: the Hummer at the Airport.
Stayed tuned next month for the official explanation of Costco’s Entrance Policy.