Portland State's Student Run Monthly Magazine
Paul Collins’ literary life spans decades. It was ignited by two things: his (paradoxically) non-literary parents and his rural-valley isolation during his youth. Collins…
This piece was cowritten by Sarah Samms & Jeremiah Hayden On a recent Wednesday afternoon, a diverse group of students and faculty stood quietly…
“We are showered every day with gifts, but they are not meant for us to keep. Their life is in their movement, the inhale…
This essay is a work of satire, modeled after Bright Alozie’s “How to Write About Nigeria.” Much like Alozie’s 2021 essay, this post captures…
“We do not ‘come into’ this world; we come out of it. . . Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of…
With highs full of hope and healing and lows connected to mental health and the changing world, Katherine Paul (The sole songwriter for her…
Abolition, as defined by Critical Resistance: “Prison Industrial Complex abolition is a political vision with the goal of eliminating imprisonment, policing, and surveillance and…
When hearing the word abolition, people may first think of slavery abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, John Brown, or the…
In an effort to drive people experiencing houselessness from the city of Portland, Ted Wheeler recently announced a proposed resolution to ban camping within…