Nelson Mandela said:
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
If that is true, our society has a very dark soul.
Portland, Oregon, like so many American...
A jointly authored article from The Nation and the Columbia Journalism Review noted last year:
“Judging by the climate coverage to date, most of the US news media still don’t get grasp the seriousness of this issue. This journalistic failure has given...
Something was wrong, very wrong. Dr. Ron Jaecks was running through the dark in Bush's Pasture Park located in Salem when a sharp pain at the top of his head made him feel as if...
If you've ever loved the art of social media mockery -- particularly when aimed at a group of idiots just begging to be mocked -- you NEED to click this link. But just in case...
A new bill being introduced in Oregon is aiming to better regulate how farmers use antibiotics on their livestock.
The practice of administering antibiotics to entire herds of livestock has been fairly common, although antibiotic-free meats...
The militia group holed up in an Oregon nature preserve can't seem to catch a break, can they? One of the militiamen, heartbroken, has announced that one of his buddies had bailed from the preserve...
Makaila Ragan finally had enough, and so she decided to do something about the hateful anti-LGBT protesters who were being obnoxious and intolerant outside the office in Tillamook, Oregon, where her mother happens to work.
She...
Late yesterday, a group of armed militia members occupied a building at a federal wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon in apparent solidarity with two area ranchers who set fire to federal land last year. But apparently ABC News'...
Yes, we already knew that the militia thugs who have seized the Malheur Wildlife Refuge are a bunch of wannabe tough guys who think they have valid reasons for being such monumental asshats, but it also...
Imagine, if you can, being incarcerated for 900 days, languishing in limbo, not allowed to leave prison even though you haven't been charged with a crime. Sounds like something out of a Kafka novel, or...
By now, most of us have heard of the case of the Oregon bakery, Sweet Cakes by Melissa, who was court-ordered to pay a lesbian couple $135,000 for refusing to bake a wedding cake, citing...
Ammon Bundy, the self-appointed leader of the militiamen who have taken control of the Malheur National Wildlife Preserve, might want to start saving his loose change, because an Oregon judge has one whopper of a bill...
Dear Oregon Wanna-be Militia-Men,
Go home, boys. When you started this "stand-off" at a wild bird sanctuary, with all your bravado and weapons at the ready, you were quoted as saying you were ready to hold...
If you happen to be driving down I-5 near Sutherlin, Oregon, look up. You may be horrified by the display a man has created that reflects how he 'feels' about this round of presidential elections.
Billy...
In the richest country in the history of the world, nearly half a million people lack indoor plumbing.
No surprise, most of them are people of color.
According to research from the Plumbing Poverty Project (PPP), in...
Tradition states that presidents put their assets in a blind trust in order to avoid conflicts of interest. In the U.S. Constitution, the Emoluments Clause bars officeholders from taking gifts from foreign leaders.
You know, that...
So, once again, here we are. Following yet another mass shooting, this time at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., we're having our all too frequent "conversation" about gun violence, gun rights, and all things...
John Parker is a military veteran and student at Umpqua Community College (UCC). He was on the campus Thursday when Christopher Harper Mercer began his murderous rampage that left ten dead and injured seven more. Parker...
Ever made a joke about how voting for a certain person or party is like "throwing your vote away?"
Well in Klamath County, Oregon someone did just that, only this time, literally!
https://twitter.com/HeraldandNews/status/732533597501022212
Officials say that someone broke...
This weekend, I told you about little Jacob Marbury, a one-year-old baby boy from Sherwood, Oregon who was horribly beaten by his babysitter while his parents were out on a date. Incredibly, the sleazeball who did this...
