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The Principal’s Office
Kathleen Saadat, 85, needed just three minutes to turn Portland City Council chambers into a principal’s office.
Aug 8
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A Flurry of Hope
for Zuki
Aug 6
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At the Seam Between Captivity and Freedom
A Tribute to Bruce Leimsidor, 1943–2023
Aug 3
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July 2026
The Tulsa Precedent
A university does not ordinarily launch a $750 million capital campaign in the same year it books a $31 million deficit, cuts $20 million from its…
Jul 31
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The Settlement and the Statute
A rock through a dormitory window, a policy overhaul, and a bill Congress will not move
Jul 28
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To Whom the Organizers Answer
Why some organizers built movements that lasted and others did not
Jul 27
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The Operative Euphemism
Bridget Burns, the OUS dismantling, and the discourse of higher education reform
Jul 27
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Who's Your Daddy?
Portland redesigned its entire government in 2022 to junk its commissioner format and install a city administrator.
Jul 25
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Defended Into Irrelevance
How the socialist left traded political machinery for social feeds, and why its defense concedes the case
Jul 14
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From the Arts Complex to the Academic-Industrial Complex
Why PSU’s theater project and academic retrenchment are not competing stories
Jul 8
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The Map and the Math
The public polls call Oregon’s governor’s race a toss-up.
Jul 6
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The Ghost at the Birthday Party
Beneath the granite faces of four presidents, Donald Trump celebrated the 250th anniversary of American independence with an attack on “communism”.
Jul 4
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