Buying In
Michael Heald explores the history and recent reemergence of worker-owned cooperatives in Oregon.
For the People
Jordan Hernandez writes about how Oregon libraries are responding to the evolving needs of their communities.
The Toxins Beneath Us
Ruby McConnell on the long legacy of groundwater contamination in Oregon
"Farming Is So Much More than Food"
An interview with Megan Horst of Portland State University on the future of Oregon's food systems. By Dylan Jefferies
Getting to the Roots of Climate Change
Bob Devine on why the market alone can't solve the problems of a warming planet
Saved by the Bell
Food writer Heather Arndt Anderson on how childhood poverty and working in the school cafeteria shaped her connection with her subject.
Things Gleaned
Gleaning, the ancient practice of salvaging of unsold food for redistribution, has made a big comeback in the 21st Century. Eugene writer Ruby McConnell writes about her experience with striving to let nothing go to waste.
Mama Will Feed You
A mother’s journey through cultural reclamation, changing food systems, and the new wave of mutual aid
Full Membership
My thoughts, ambitions, and dreams did not have a gender. Why did my pay?
Talking about Independent Labor and Systemic Inequality
A conversation with writer Emilly Prado about freelance work, self-employment, and how our systems not always support workers in informal economies.
Mask Makers
Photojournalist Katharine Kimball documents DIY efforts in Hood River to manufacture personal protective equipment to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Talking about Retirement
A conversation with Jason Arias on the importance of talking more about retirement in our communities.
Talking about Wages and Pay Equity
A conversation with Samantha Bakall on how sharing how much we earn can further equality in the workplace.
The State That Timber Built—2012
Tara Rae Miner considers what Oregon owes to the struggling timber communities that helped shape the state’s identity in this essay from the 2012 “Here” issue.
The Life We Pay For
Tina Ontiveros writes about the different paths her life and her sister's have taken since their shared childhood experiences of poverty and abandonment.
Returned
Caitlyn May covers the complicated story behind the closure of Douglas County's libraries and their difficult paths to reopening sustainably.
True Costs
Editor Kathleen Holt on the immeasurable obligations between parents and children
Never Paid in Full
April Slabosheski on what Holocaust reparations can teach us about seemingly immeasurable debts
Buying Time
Wendy N. Wagner on what we owe our children
Protecting Inequality
Anoop Mirpuri on the economic causes of racist policing
On Bearing Bad News
Robert Leo Heilman writes about trying and failing to save library services in Douglas County.
Future: Portland 2
Grappling with values, change, and nostalgia has shaped—and continues to shape—the largest city in Oregon. A film by Ifanyi Bell
Sunday, Laundry Day
Every quarter counts in subsidized senior housing. An essay by Josephine Cooper
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
The Problem with the Immigration Problem
Elliot Young writes about the origins of the belief that immigrants harm our society
Origin Stories
The surprising beginnings of six of Oregons claims to fame
This Land Planned for You and Me
J. David Santen Jr. on what Oregon's communities look like forty years after the passage of Senate Bill 100
Who Cares About the Future of Music?
Opportunities and ethics in the age of Internet music streaming. An essay by Dave Allen
Food Forward
Robert Paarlberg on the history of the Green Revolution and the future of global food production
The State That Timber Built
Tara Rae Miner on what Oregon owes the struggling timber communities that helped shape the state’s identity
Clinging to the Dream
Why do Americans have such a hard time talking about class? An essay by Leigh van der Werff
Immobile Dreams
How did the trailer come to be a symbol of failure? An essay by Rebecca Hartman
Home Economics
Using the house to bridge the public/private divide.
A Nation of Can-Do Optimists
A brief history of American cheerfulness by Ariel Gore
Second Opinions
Camela Raymond asks economists, activists, public officials, and financiers for advice for Oregon's ailing economy.
Blank Slate
In a single day, a forty-year-old man finds himself unmarried and unemployed. What to do next? An essay by Dave Weich
Continual Watching
Historian Bob Bussel on Oregon's long history of protecting workers
The Working Class
Bette Lynch Husted argues that hard times are good times to rethink our attitudes about the fungibility of workers.
The Guilty Traveler
The complexities of being an American tourist in an inequitable world. An essay by Lucy Burningham