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News & Commentary
Los Angeles Rams’ Puka Nacua apologizes for antisemitic gesture, said he was unaware of offensive meaning
There’s nothing here to apologize for
Oregon has a student literacy crisis. Is teaching future teachers the way out?
A broken education system at every level
Students at Highland get reading help through new tutoring program
A bit of a start
‘Wicked: For Good’ revives an uncomfortable debate about bodies and images
Another crazy take from CNN
Nearly 1,900 affordable Portland apartments sit empty while thousands need homes
Oops.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson declares victory on 1,500 shelter bed goal, mostly at new overnight-only shelters
Promises, promises…
Salem declares emergency over increased ICE activity, citing reports of unlawful arrests
This does nothing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to youth sees staggering reduction in homelessness
But for only as long as the money keeps flowing.
Education in Oregon
Mississippi has the solution
Q&A: Why Oregon’s kids too often struggle to read
Finally some local coverage on what I’ve been saying for years.
Essays
Stereotypes
Why I can think Americans are idiots but you’re just dandy.
Fourth of July 2020
A call for a return to American values
Bostock v. Clayton County
A Supreme Court decision about the meaning of “sex.” Never a better time to say, IANAL! (I Am Not A Lawyer—what did you think I meant?)
Folding@home
Scientists need your help in fighting the virus. Time to be a hero.
Proteins are long chains of amino acids that perform a vast array of functions within organisms. They differ from one another primarily in the sequence of their amino acids. These sequences typically fold into specific three dimensional structures that determine what the proteins do.
Viruses, including everybody’s new favorite, have proteins that suppress the immune system, help reproduce themselves, and so forth. Determining exactly how these proteins work is important in creating therapeutic treatments.