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How to Dismantle a Bomb
What can Portland learn from the Ohio train derailment?
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Late in the evening on February 3, a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Of the 141 railcars, 38 derailed, and 14 were carrying…
Measure 110 & the Roadblocks of Negative Perception
Countering dominant narratives that seek to reverse progress
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Turn on the TV to watch the local news and you will likely see stories on gun violence, crime, dysfunction in City Hall, and…
A Very Modest Proposal
A Letter to the Mayor
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To the honorable Ted Wheeler, respectable heir to Willamette Industries, upstanding Police Commissioner, Pontifex Maximus, & Mayor of Portland in His Second Remove, …
A Far Reach for Greater Idaho
byOn November 4, 2021, Oregon counties joined together in a vote to bend state lines westward —absorbing almost ⅔ of the state and a…
Above the Law
Police Resistance to Vaccine Mandates
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In August of this year, Oregon’s Governor Brown announced that the state would mandate vaccinations for all executive branch employees including police and correctional…
The Predicament of Mayor Wheeler
Political Criticism in the Wake of Civil Rights Advocacy
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My parents are working class people. My father is an auto body mechanic just trying to make ends meet while my mother homeschooled her…
The City of Portland Must Cut Ties with Israel. Portland State Should Do the Same.
byIn light of Israel’s recent siege on Gaza, members of Portland’s Palestinian community are calling on city officials to terminate a five year, $10…
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…