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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: A lot is still unclear about this election – except that pundits, pollsters blew it again
There will be no Biden landslide, because what Trump is good at (tribal politics) has more of an impact than what he’s bad at (dealing with a deadly pandemic).
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Truth can’t be found along partisan lines
As citizens, we should educate ourselves more thoroughly on issues before attacking one another.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Politics
Retired TV reporter Bill Green backs Susan Collins in series of ads
Green breaks his journalistic neutrality to back Collins and Joe Biden in this year’s election.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: No more ‘Bachelor’ analogies, and other hopes for the media’s Kamala Harris coverage
Female candidates have to slog through toxic sexism in U.S. political journalism, but a memo to newsroom leaders offers a better way.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: A bad storm brings good news – part of our information system still works
Weather warnings are among the most concrete examples of how good information can actually save lives.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Health and human services director: India Street Clinic working hard to meet Portland’s public health needs
The STD clinic has added PrEP for HIV prevention, implemented online scheduling and is now offering at-home HIV testing.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: White with a capital ‘W’
It’s too easy for white people to think that racial hierarchies don’t affect them.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Newspaper, city of Portland mischaracterize protest safety concerns
The city used a meeting between officials and community members ‘to provide legitimacy for their actions against the public for expressing their First Amendment rights.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Support local journalism – it’s cheaper than the frightening alternative
Where power is not held to account, there can be no democracy.