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Police Resistance to Vaccine Mandates
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In August of this year, Oregon’s Governor Brown announced that the state would mandate vaccinations for all executive branch employees including police and correctional…
Campus Policing and the Call for Abolition
Despite administration’s promises, PSU campus police remain armed
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On December 11, 2014, Portland State University’s board of trustees voted to deputize and arm PSU’s Campus Public Safety Officers (CPSO). The decision was…
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…
Culture
Socially Alive
How the COVID-19 Lockdowns Caused Us to Rethink Our Social Values
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Currently there are many literary retrospectives on what life was like for so many during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. As we all learned, there…
Same Old Story, Different Title
A Reflection on Christopher Marlowe’s "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus"
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Literature has historically presented many representations of the same cautionary tale. As the tale goes, when mishandled, this struggle between ambition and self restraint…
Death of the Damsel in Distress
Marion Ravenwood in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
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2021 marked the 40th anniversary of director Steven Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Along with an assortment of colorful characters and exciting action…
Opinion
The Predicament of Mayor Wheeler
Political Criticism in the Wake of Civil Rights Advocacy
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My parents are working class people. My father is an auto body mechanic just trying to make ends meet while my mother homeschooled her…
Notes from Behind the Bar
Someone got murdered outside of my work…
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…and we stayed open. Five gunshots. Two of which entered the man’s head. What’s strange is that the gravity of this event didn’t really…
The City of Portland Must Cut Ties with Israel. Portland State Should Do the Same.
byIn light of Israel’s recent siege on Gaza, members of Portland’s Palestinian community are calling on city officials to terminate a five year, $10…
Politics
Above the Law
Police Resistance to Vaccine Mandates
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In August of this year, Oregon’s Governor Brown announced that the state would mandate vaccinations for all executive branch employees including police and correctional…
The Predicament of Mayor Wheeler
Political Criticism in the Wake of Civil Rights Advocacy
by
My parents are working class people. My father is an auto body mechanic just trying to make ends meet while my mother homeschooled her…
The City of Portland Must Cut Ties with Israel. Portland State Should Do the Same.
byIn light of Israel’s recent siege on Gaza, members of Portland’s Palestinian community are calling on city officials to terminate a five year, $10…