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News & Commentary
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.
Speaker-centered communication
What we owe one another
Multnomah DA will boycott Portland judge, blocking her from trying serious criminal cases
I can’t recall ever hearing of something similar
Essays
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.
The (Practical) Biological Impossibility of Non-Binary
NOTE: Society is coarse nowadays. What is Not Safe For Work (NSFW)? When everything goes, maybe nobody cares? Regardless, this brief essay is about sex, the language we use to describe reproduction. Human sexuality typically makes for mature reading. Depending on your workplace—perhaps this is fine for a medical office, but you know, hold off if you’re teaching Pre-K—you might want to read this in a more private setting.
We start with biology. Or, rather, we’d like to start with biology. I’d love to start with biology. Why can’t we start with biology? Well, because in today’s world, we can’t even agree on that.