Misinformation and Propaganda: Telling Truth from Fiction
Overwhelmed with messages from politicians, news sources and online media? Distinguish truth from fiction using real-world examples. Become your own “fact-checker!” This workshop presented by Donna Cohen will cover social media posts, propaganda, AI/deepfakes, polls, cconomic data, graphs and charts, and finding good information.
This event is funded by a 2025 Mini Grant for Rural Libraries from Oregon Humanites.
Meet the 2025 Community Storytelling Fellows
Oregon Humanities is excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 Community Storytelling Fellowship
The Devil, You Know
In an excerpt from Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of “The Exorcist”, Marlena Williams writes about satanic panics from Geraldo to QAnon
Broken Glass, Broken Trust
A sermon by Robert Leo Heilman first read at the Umpqua Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Roseburg in spring 2022
Beyond Pigmentocracy
Chance White Eyes and Rachel L. Cushman write about how racism, representation, and internalized oppression affect their family
“Let’s Give Oregonians a Chance to Shape the Future of the State”
Hanna Merzbach interviews Kevin Frazier, founder of the website The Oregon Way
The New Americans
Brian Liu on David Chang's Ugly Delicious, honesty, and what it means to be Asian American.
I Dream an Oregon
Trying to get Oregonians to invest in antiracism left me frustrated and disillusioned. But I’m still pushing. An essay by Bruce Poinsette
Stolen Land and Borrowed Dollars
Creative resistance bloomed in the lead up to the Vancouver Olympics. An excerpt from Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics by Jules Boykoff
Trademark Offense
Bandleader Simon Tam explains his fight to trademark his band’s name, “The Slants.” Tam recently argued his case before the US Supreme Court. He won.
A Return Passage
Reporter Putsata Reang and photographer Kim Nguyen share their stories of leaving their home countries as refugees, meeting as students at the University of Oregon, and returning to Southeast Asia as journalists. A film produced by Dawn Jones for Oregon Humanities.
Full Circle
Two journalists return to their native countries to help other journalists express dissent.
Magazine Podcast: Quandary
Talking about Ferguson, feminism, and filling out forms with Oregon Humanities magazine contributors
The Late Show
Journalist Nigel Duara on the media becoming part of the story in the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri.
Feel-Good Feminism
Bitch Media cofounder Andi Zeisler wonders if feminism's pop-culture cachet has doomed the movement.
Who's Minding Your Business?
A conversation with writer William T. Vollmann on privacy, surveillance, and hope
Trapped in the Spotlight
What happens when quitting your job means quitting yourself? An essay by Courtenay Hameister
In Search of the New
Editor Kathleen Holt on desire for the novel, the riveting, and the spectacular
One Giant Step
Coming of age during the hopeful days of American space exploration. An essay by Dmae Roberts
Who Cares About the Future of Music?
Opportunities and ethics in the age of Internet music streaming. An essay by Dave Allen
Burning Bushes
When it comes to attention-getting spectacles, God is no longer the only game in town. An essay by Dan DeWeese
An Anecdotal Glossary of Spectacle
M. Allen Cunningham sorts through our landscape of scandal, show, and distraction
Fearful Beauty
Embracing both the wonder and terror of awe. An essay by Courtney Campbell
Monstrousness of Empathy
When a private tragedy becomes public property. An essay by Nancy Rommelmann
How Courtenay Got Her Funny Back
Sexy has no place in the kill-or-die world of comedy. An essay by Courtenay Hameister