Real: Summer 2025

From the Director: Where We're At

Editor's Note: Real

Poem: "Caterpillars" by Armin Tolentino

The Terror Plot

Fifteen years after a young man’s arrest, Portland’s Somali community continues to reckon with the impacts.

Links to the Past

The Kinzua Hills Golf Club helps maintain human connections with Wheeler County’s vanished timber town.

Uncanny Cars

Seeing beyond the windshield in rural Oregon

Placekeeping in the Pacific Northwest

Who We Really Are

Losing identity documentation makes it much harder for a person to access housing, employment, and government services. Here’s what it takes to prove you are who you say you are.

A Home Away from Home

Do I belong where I was born, or where I’ve spent most of my life?

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People, Places, Things: "Sunrise" by Wayne Bund