The stakes are high for women’s reproductive freedoms, Ilyse Hogue explains Before a national television audience, Ilyse Hogue took the stage on the third night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention and did the unthinkable – she spoke publicly about ...
22 Sep 2016 - Emily Green
Her new book, ‘In the Darkroom,’ explores the facades her transgender father hid behind In 2004, Susan Faludi received news that her estranged father had recently transitioned into a woman. He was well into his 70s when he flew to Thailand for the surgery ...
21 Sep 2016 - Emily Green
The move reflects changing attitudes toward addicts, placing compassion over criminalization The Canadian government legalized prescription heroin this past week. The move comes four months after Health Canada proposed the regulatory change, and ahead of ...
15 Sep 2016 - Emily Green
Too bad the VA can’t recommend it It was January 2011 when Anthony landed in the Middle East. He was young, laid-back and credulous. “I had no clue about the real world,” he said in hindsight. Anthony had enlisted in the U.S. Navy when he was 19 years old ...
8 Sep 2016 - Emily Green
Daniel J. Levitin, author of 'A Field Guide to Lies,' to speak at Powell’s in Portland From click bait and sponsored content to misrepresented stats and cherry-picked data, there’s a slew of not-quite-true to flat-out-false propaganda parading a ...
8 Sep 2016 - Emily Green
One man’s dedication made all the difference for Bhutanese refugees adapting to U.S. culture Steve Sieg, a middle school science teacher, looked down at his mobile phone. It was Thanksgiving 2009, and it was late. “What is Black Friday? Explain this,” he ...
7 Sep 2016 - Emily Green
Time for Oregon to stop automatically trying juveniles as adults, they say The message resonating from the outdoor stage on Aug. 20 was clear: It’s time for Oregon to stop automatically trying juveniles as adults, condemning them to long prison sentences ...
25 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
Some timber producers say it's time for a cultural shift in how we think about logging and forests' role in the ecosystem The way Peter Hayes explains it, every time the timber industry makes a change to the way it harvests America’s forests, it ...
18 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
Leonid Maslov gives Portlanders a glimpse into war In the backyard of a spacious, upscale home tucked away in Portland’s rolling West Hills, an outfitted soldier showed a small gathering of local Slavs snapshots of army life in war-ravaged regions of thei ...
18 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
How Oregon’s congressional delegates plan to vote If the Obama administration can build enough support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal will come to a vote this fall. But many representatives claim they are still undecided. Lori Wallach, ...
16 Aug 2016 - Emily Green