Health & Wellness

Traveling To Die

Debby Waldman / KFF Health News Aug 23, 2024 As medical assistance in dying becomes legal in Vermont and Oregon, terminally ill patients find themselves traveling to die on their terms. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Interview

‘Traumatizing’: What It’s Like to Be Unhoused in Rural America

Susan Shain / High Country News Mar 15, 2024 The lessons learned after spending months embedded with unhoused communities in Oregon. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Race

Oregon’s Greater Idaho Movement Echoes History of Regional Racism

Leah Sottile / High Country News Aug 8, 2023 The Greater Idaho movement presents itself as a grassroots campaign, but its rhetoric is steeped in white supremacism. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Environment

Don’t Believe the Hype about the Nuclear “Renaissance”

Joshua Frank / TomDispatch Jul 19, 2023 Small modular nuclear reactors are being touted as the energy future, but the come with large—and permanent risks. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The United States’ Disappeared Children

Aura Bogado / Reveal Mar 6, 2020 Seven years after Immigration and Customs Enforcement took custody of its children, a North Carolina family is still searching for answers. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )

Virus Claims First Fatality in U.S.; Washington State Declares Emergency

ANDREW SELSKY / The Associated Press Feb 29, 2020 A growing number of unexplained COVID-19 infections has West Coast health officials worrying about how far the coronavirus will spread. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Trump Rules Involving Abortions

GENE JOHNSON / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2020 Taxpayer-funded clinics in the Title X program for low-income women are barred from making abortion referrals. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

West Coast Fishery Rebounds in Rare Conservation ‘Home Run’

GILLIAN FLACCUS / The Associated Press Dec 26, 2019 Quotas lead to quicker than expected sustainability, and groundfish bottom trawling again will be allowed in area off Oregon and California. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

One-Two Punch of Storms Threatens Thanksgiving Travel in U.S.

COLLEEN SLEVIN and DAVID KOENIG / The Associated Press Nov 26, 2019 Heavy snowstorm hits Colorado and Wyoming and continues to move east, while “bomb cyclone” phenomenon barrels into Oregon and California. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Sanders Calls for Investigation Into Amazon’s Labor Abuses

Will Evans / Reveal Nov 25, 2019 New records uncovered by The Center for Investigative Reporting lay bare the true toll of Amazon's desperate drive for speed. Updated Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

Progressives Can’t Play Nice With Democrats Anymore

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Sep 5, 2019 If the left hopes to seize power within the party, it needs numbers. That means primarying centrist members of Congress wherever it can. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

At Least 13 People Arrested at Portland, Oregon, Protests

GILLIAN FLACCUS / The Associated Press Aug 17, 2019 Police seize items like bear spray and metal poles as a gathering by Proud Boys and other militia groups is challenged by anti-fascists. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )