Bridging a Great Divide
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act, setting into motion one of the great land-use experiments of modern...
Slow News
With this provocative and concise book, journalist Peter Laufer launches a Slow News movement, inviting us to question the value of the perpetual empty-calorie news...
A Man for All Seasons
The life of prominent Oregon political leader Monroe Sweetland spans the spectrum of 20th-century America. Through seven decades, Sweetland experienced the economic collapse of the...
Protest City
In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election, Portland made national news with nightly social justice protests, often met with violent response by...
Constructing a Democracy
Every ten years, states go through the process of redistricting: choosing how to divide up and apportion their state and federal legislative districts. How the...
One Sunny Day
“Every year when the days begin to stretch and the penetrating heat of summer rises to a scorching point, I am brought back to one...
I Lived to Tell the World
I Lived to Tell the World presents thirteen inspiring profiles of men and women who have endured unthinkable cruelty, only to resume productive lives in...
Toward Oregon 2050
How do we plan for a better Oregon in 2050? What will the state be like in that year for five million Oregonians, particularly for...