Posts Tagged 'oregon'

A Call to Action: Lowering Oregon’s High School Dropout Rates

By Jessica McDermott, WANT Esteemed Contributor As a high school senior in Portland eagerly anticipating my graduation in June, a…

By Beatrice Endler The Catlin Speak (Portland, Oregon) “Life is much better in this country,” said Maryana’s mother-in-law. Maryana and…

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By Katerina Mon Belle Pigeon Press (Portland, Oregon) For years, Northwest Academy students have walked passed the empty and forgotten Morris…

By Reuben Schafir CatlinSpeak (Portland, Oregon) 2015 was an influential year in Oregon politics filled with scandal, civil unrest, violence,…

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By Conner Bulkeley-Crane CatlinSpeak (Portland, Oregon) Nestle is currently working on a plan to privatize water in Oregon, and the…

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By Grace Masback CatlinSpeak (Portland Oregon) A little over two months ago, Mayor Charlie Hales announced he was withdrawing from the race…

Opinion

By Sage McBee Pigeon Press (Portland, Oregon) And… pencils down.” These dreaded words are associated with one of the most common…

Politics

By Grace Masback WANT Original Content “We’ve become numb to this,” President Obama said in a press conference Thursday. “This…

Equality

By Clarissa Speyer-Stocks CatlinSpeak (Portland, Oregon) On Sept. 3, the Marion Circuit County Judge Vance D. Day began organizing his…

By Sophie Peters CatlinSpeak (Portland, Oregon) On Tuesday, June 2, just one day after sections of the Patriot Act expired,…