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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 25 October 2021

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Global leaders have failed to take the action necessary to avert climate disaster and Oregon leadership is scant better.

Details: Written by Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, San Diego State University; Published: 14 October 2021

Pascale Joassart-Marcelli

What could be the downside of fresh veggies, homemade empanadas and a pop-up restaurant specializing in banh mis?

Details: Written by Maxine Fitzpatrick; Published: 22 September 2021

Maxine Fitzpatrick

When and why did the United States of America chose the wealth of a few over the health, wealth, and well-being of so many

Details: Written by By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association; Published: 15 September 2021

With COVID-19 still an omnipresent concern and the country’s recovery still very much in jeopardy, individuals, families, and communities are struggling to deal with issues that have only been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Details: Written by by Congresswoman Maxine Waters; Published: 15 September 2021

Twenty years ago today, our nation suffered devastating terrorist attacks on our soil and against our people that wholly and completely changed the world as we knew it.

Governor-Gavin-Newsom

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 September 2021

Any completely unqualified attention seeker with $4,000 for the candidate‘s filing fee can be the largest state in the Union’s next governor

about-voting-registration

Details: Written by By Tamieka Atkins, Executive Director, ProGeorgia; Published: 31 August 2021

Tamieka Atkins, Executive Director, ProGeorgia

The recent release of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s biennial report brought welcome news that 95% of Georgia’s voting-eligible population is currently registered to vote.

Details: Written by By UAW President Ray Curry; Published: 31 August 2021

UAW President Ray Curry

In 1882, a union man, Peter J. McGuire suggested setting aside a day for a "general holiday for the laboring classes.”

Details: Written by Mayor Ted Wheeler; Published: 24 August 2021

Events this past weekend put innocent lives at livelihoods at risk.

Details: Written by Richard Ellmyer - Portland State University Senior Adult Learner; Published: 23 August 2021

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