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News & Commentary
‘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.
Does Socio-Emotional Learning help?
No.
Bishops vote to prohibit gender-affirming medical care at Catholic hospitals
As they should.
More Oregon high schoolers taking AP exams, earning college credit • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Participation is the wrong metric, and it only gets worse from there
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.