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Goodbye Afghanistan
An epilogue of war
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General Smedley Butler was not the sort of swaggering American hero we like to make movies about. Born in 1881, he joined the Marine…
Executive Executions
Trump approved more capital punishments than the last 10 administrations combined.
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Despite moral objections and legal challenges, the Trump administration executed 13 people between July 2020 and the end of Trump’s term of office. According…
Georgia on Everyone’s Mind
Two seats from Georgia just reshaped the U.S. Senate after historic and fraught campaigns
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The 2020 election results surprised pundits and politicians alike with many contradicting polls for President and Congress across the United States, but one of…
Racist Propaganda Peppers PSU
White supremacy groups target campuses for recruitment—how are schools responding?
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On November 1, 2019 more than 100 racist stickers were found on the Portland State University campus. The stickers read “IT’S OKAY TO BE…
Making Oregon Count 2020
Symposium meets at PSU to discuss census issues.
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By Vivian Veidt On November 12, Portland State University hosted Making Oregon Count 2020, a day-long symposium of researchers, policymakers, and community census workers…
PSU Dodges Walkout on the Eve of Fall Term
SEIU strikers strike an agreeable bargain
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article and photos by Margo Craig Early Saturday Morning, the union representing classified employees at Oregon universities, SEIU, came to a tentative agreement with…
Life-Saving Advice For Police: Restrain With Restraint
byLast month, following a long investigation, Dallas Morning News and NBC5 reported an incident that occurred in Dallas, Texas in 2016 that was virtually…
Thousands of students ditch school to lead Portlanders in climate strike.
Photo essay explores the reasons attendees took to the streets
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photos by Margo Craig On September 22nd, thousands of students in the Portland area ditched class to meet downtown for the Global Climate Strike….
Berned Out
Bernie Bro culture is seriously damaging the reputation of the Vermont senator
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As a longtime Bernie Sanders supporter, I must admit: Something went wrong along the way. At this point in the tiresome world of American…
Interdependence Day
Thinking about America's history this Independence Day
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Since 2018’s 242nd anniversary of the signing of our country’s Declaration of Independence last year, the corollary concept of interdependence has been on my…