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News & Commentary
Oregon’s pandemic kindergartners prepare for middle school with critical reading gaps
Stop passing along kids who can’t read.
Oregon high school students seek ban on transgender athletes with federal lawsuit
It was only a matter of time.
More 16- and 17-year-olds are gaining the right to vote. Could this become the norm?
This is a terrible idea and a bad story.
God bless America
What an amazing country!
Gov. Kotek blames transportation package failure on Republicans ‘who just wanted to go home’
Guess which party has a super majority?
Barbie
There are some good songs!
Bill Oram: Booed for winning a state title, this Oregon teen now just wants a safe place to run
You already know the story without reading it.
Banning “single-use” plastic bags
It’s not a clear-cut win.
Mental-health lessons in schools sound like a great idea. The trouble is, they don’t work
I don’t even think they sound like a great idea.
Oregon bill would speed up process to rename locations with offensive titles
Squaw, Chinaman, and Cannibal are offensive? A counterargument.
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.