Opinion Archives November 2023
Readers respond: Keep schools open and seek arbitration
Readers respond: Intel should document emissions for neighbors
Readers respond: Make downtown parking free
Readers respond: Stop unfair health care billing
Readers respond: Cleveland High School site meant for education
Readers respond: Vote ‘no’ on school measure
Readers respond: Real activities in downtown Portland
Readers respond: Gratitude for Bonamici help
Readers respond: Books should not be banned
Letter from the Editor: Mideast news challenging due to complexity, timeliness
Readers respond: Guns are modern idols
Editorial: Teachers union should stay at the negotiating table
Opinion: Capturing Portland, one sketch at a time
Readers respond: Teacher motivations have changed
Editorial cartoons for Oct. 29, 2023: Speaker Mike Johnson, Maine mass shooting
Readers respond: Solve the problem, PPS
Readers respond: Collaborate for homeless solution
Readers respond: Portland’s comeback needs all of us
Readers respond: Action, not study, on drugs
Readers respond: Artists can create thriving downtown
Readers respond: Portland teachers shouldn’t strike
Readers respond: Chavez-DeRemer stood strong
Readers respond: Pipeline expansion bad for climate
Readers respond: No fossil fuel income for PERS
Readers respond: Bentz’s vote for Jordan a disappointment
Readers respond: Drive through Zoo Lights essential
Readers respond: Youth sports complex is idealistic boondoggle
Readers respond: U.S. House needs a moderate
Readers respond: Your kicker, your rights
Readers respond: Support the community, not Amazon
Readers respond: What City Council candidates should offer
Readers respond: Speaker may need two-party support
Opinion: Two views of the Portland teachers contract impasse
Portland Public Schools: Stretching school dollars for a multitude of needs (Opinion)
Portland Association of Teachers: Ready to strike for our schools and students (Opinion)
Readers respond: Long-lasting impacts of anti-Semitic actions
Opinion: Portland must prioritize confiscation of hard drugs
Readers respond: Book bans don’t protect students
Editorial cartoons for Oct. 22, 2023: House GOP leadership circus, Jim Jordan, Mideast crisis
Letter from the Editor: Shocking photo captures devastating reality of gun violence
The gentle, earnest heart of Barrett Bevacqua: Steve Duin column
Readers respond: Value teachers; avoid strike
Readers respond: A Vision Zero for Portland dysfunction
Readers respond: Amend Oregon’s hate crime laws
Readers respond: No such thing as a little fentanyl
Readers respond: Look to history’s housing solution
Readers respond: Govern from the middle
Readers respond: Unity creates resistance to terror
Readers respond: Greene should beware the Holman Rule
Readers respond: County’s homeless package business as usual
Readers respond: The fate of the Gearhart elk
Readers respond: PBOT budget requires urgent action
Readers respond: Young adults need foster parent help
Readers respond: Sherry Sevall deserves recognition
Readers respond: Prioritize traffic safety
Readers respond: Give environment a voice in modernized treaty
Editorial: Oregon’s education funding formula needs a 21st century upgrade
Opinion: Pac-2 decision time: Will it be innovation or obliteration?
Opinion: Oregon’s struggling arts organizations need our funding and support
Readers respond: Keller remodel must aim high
Readers respond: Compassion amid complexity
Editorial cartoons for Oct. 15, 2023: Israel-Hamas war, leaderless House
Letter from the Editor: Our newsroom becomes place of learning for interns
Readers respond: Seek Portland revival in light
Readers respond: Oregon Republicans can mend divide
Readers respond: College sports need business insight
Readers respond: Old rivalry just Duck pucky
Readers respond: Recriminalize hard drugs
Readers respond: Harmful housing legislation must be rescinded
Readers respond: Blame far right for American turmoil
Readers respond: Time for Greater Oregon
Readers respond: Seize chance for community safety
Readers respond: Workers responsible for Kaiser’s strength
Readers respond: Diplomas should not be participation trophies
Readers respond: Engage in auditing to shape a better Portland
Readers respond: Find common ground, not Idaho secession
Readers respond: Bonamici’s allegiance to party over country
Opinion: How to say goodbye to an NBA superstar
Editorial: Take the wheel, Mayor
Opinion: Portland leaders can do more to stop violence in our neighborhoods
Letter from the Editor: Quote marks should add clarity not confusion
Readers respond: The price of Republican bipartisanship
Readers respond: Sue in a way that helps
Editorial cartoons for Oct. 8, 2023: Kevin McCarthy’s downfall, Biden’s border wall U-turn
Whatever happened to ‘protect and serve?’: Steve Duin column
Readers respond: Before layoffs, PBOT should prioritize
Readers respond: Protect Owyhee Canyonlands in Oregon
Readers respond: Recognize poverty’s impact on learning
Readers respond: Portland is on life support
Opinion: Oregon students are missing out on a Washington, D.C. experience
Readers respond: Support arts, not corporations, with tax dollars
Readers respond: Declining shelter not involuntary homelessness
Readers respond: Compare regional wages with median, not average
Readers respond: Climate movement needs everyone
Readers respond: Embrace Indigenous learning for global survival
Readers respond: Biden benefits environment, jobs
Readers respond: Restore wildland firefighting pay
Readers respond: History before traffic fatality bears repeating
Readers respond: Forests are a public trust
Editorial: Multnomah County’s investments mark a sea change
Opinion: Portland’s small businesses are struggling. When will our leaders step up?
Readers respond: Twin disasters in addiction and mental health response
Letter from the Editor: When a reporter’s questions change the arc of a story
Editorial cartoons for Oct. 1, 2023: Mendendez bribery charges, shutdown talk, striking workers
Readers respond: Clean energy fund needs efficiency
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