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  1. Notable and Quotable: insight from some of our most interesting interviews of 2014

    When you realize the unique scale of not just American poverty, but American inequality in the 21st century, the fact that France doesn’t have it, Germany doesn’t have it, Canada doesn’t, Australia doesn’t. Even England, which is the closest to us in term ...

    30 Dec 2014 -

  2. Talking pot, polls and politics with Earl Blumenauer

    Congressman Earl Blumenauer has the veneer of a seasoned Beltway politician, trademark bowtie aside. But to his core, he’s a true Portlander. Much has been written about his enthusiasm and support of cycling, mass transit and civic engagement. But on a de ...

    2 Jul 2014 - Jake Thomas

  3. Checks and imbalances: exploring Portland's disproportionately high Social Security waitlist

    Leone has a roof over his head, medical care and some money in his pocket. Having all this makes him “jealous of himself.” That’s because things weren’t always so gravy for Leone, who doesn’t want his full name used for this article. “When you hear voices ...

    24 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas

  4. What the Trans-Pacific Partnership means for Oregon

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, a free trade agreement among Pacific Rim nations, is possibly the biggest story you’ve never heard of. That’s partly by design. The United States and the eleven other countries negotiating what is the largest trade d ...

    15 Feb 2014 - Nathan Gilles

  5. 'They considered me a traitor and a spy’

    Helping U.S. forces made many Iraqi and Afghan interpreters targets in their own countries, and the visa program intended to help them has fallen under heavy fire Fifty-year-old Omar Al-Kubaisi says he wanted to give his people a voice and help prevent bl ...

    1 Jan 2014 - Nathan Gilles

  6. Surveillance programs hit closer to home than portrayed

    At a recent discussion about government surveillance hosted by the City Club of Portland, Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer were asked what role states must play in protecting Americans from the ever-increasing domestic spying acti ...

    12 Sep 2013 - Becky Straus

  7. Hot for pot

    If marijuana has a chance of becoming legal in Oregon, Roy Kaufmann is the man to see it through It’s going to happen. Marijuana’s legalization is inevitable. But inevitable does not have a time line, as Oregon voters demonstrated in 2012 when they turned ...

    29 Aug 2013 - Jake Thomas

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