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Royalty Notwithstanding
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia purported to have ordered U.S. based reporter Jamal Khashoggi murdered
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On Feb. 11, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) issued an executive summary entitled “Assessing the Saudi Government’s Role in the…
United We Stand?
Veterans Resource Center Email Thread Highlights Divisions in Local Veteran Communities Over the January 6 Capitol Riot
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After the events of the January 6 riot at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C, Americans were inundated with emails, tweets, and advertisements that…
A Man, a Plan, and a Virus
Direct checks, state assistance, and addressing COVID-19: The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, explained
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2020 has wrought untold distress upon the American people, and the global populace writ large. President Biden and the newly Democrat controlled Senate intend…
Culture
The Art of the Podcast
Wondery’s Lindsay Graham, from popular podcasts like American Scandal and Wicked Game, discusses life as one of the most recognizable narrators in the business and how podcasting can change the world.
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The world of podcasting used to be smaller, more niche, and lacking in professionalism, according to Wondery’s popular podcaster and narrator Lindsay Graham. In…
A True Professional
Pete Krebs—one of Portland’s most iconic working musicians—talks about COVID-19, vocational challenges, and his first new album in nearly two decades
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Pete Krebs chose probably the worst time to release his first new album in 18 years. Not that he had any way of knowing…
Charli XCX – how i’m feeling now
how i’m feeling now captures the emotional instability of quarantine life
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You might not feel that quarantine is the best time for an album full of bangers, but you’d be wrong. Charli XCX has made…
Opinion
God May Be Dead, but the Christian Left Isn’t
During a time of societal upheaval, conservative Christians have a loud voice, but progressive Christianity is out there.
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*Editor’s Note: The Pacific Sentinel does not endorse any religious tradition and the opinions below are strictly those of the author. If you…
Constitutionally Speaking
Hate Speech is a Problem, We Should Change the First Amendment
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According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation: Criminal Justice Information Services Division, there has been a sharp increase in hate crime in the United…
Looking Through the Overton Window
On Representation and Neutrality in Journalism
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There are three primary schools of thought on neutrality in journalism. The first aspires to true neutrality, a second declares its biases and encourages…
Politics
Executive Executions
Trump approved more capital punishments than the last 10 administrations combined.
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Despite moral objections and legal challenges, the Trump administration executed 13 people between July 2020 and the end of Trump’s term of office. According…
Georgia on Everyone’s Mind
Two seats from Georgia just reshaped the U.S. Senate after historic and fraught campaigns
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The 2020 election results surprised pundits and politicians alike with many contradicting polls for President and Congress across the United States, but one of…
Racist Propaganda Peppers PSU
White supremacy groups target campuses for recruitment—how are schools responding?
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On November 1, 2019 more than 100 racist stickers were found on the Portland State University campus. The stickers read “IT’S OKAY TO BE…