President Joe Biden administration’s economic policy, known by some as “Bidenomics,” is a much needed move in a prudent direction—not only moving away from former President Donald Trump’s administration, but…
Where are the $2,000 checks, Joe?
After decisively winning elections in November and January, Democrats have control of both houses of Congress and the White House. Joe Biden won the presidency with 306 electoral votes and…
Hill to Hall Feb. 21–25
Feb. 21: Facing expulsion, Oregon Democratic Lawmaker Rep. Diego Hernandez resigns State Rep. Diego Hernandez announced his resignation to OPB on Feb. 21, facing an upcoming vote that could…
Disrupt J20
The day of President Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration, Jan. 20, has been known in the Portland protest community as J20 since 2016 when former President Donald Trump was sworn in….
Abolish the death penalty
In the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency, the federal government undertook an effort to execute more people than any time since the 1930s, per the Bureau of Prisons (BOP)….
Where do politics go after Trump?
Donald Trump officially became a former president on Jan. 20, 2021. The House of Representatives has already impeached him, and if the Senate votes to convict him, he may be…
Joe Biden details new day-one environmental protections plan
Former Vice President Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump in the 2020 election on Nov. 7. After four years of neglect regarding the urgent necessity for climate policy in…
The election that was
Editor’s note: This week, we continue our contributors reactions to the 2020 presidential election with another brief reminiscence. This was it. The week we’ve all been anticipating. Tuesday was the…
In a contentious election, Oregon results come on time
While most of the trials and tribulations of 2020 were nothing anyone could have foreseen, there is one we all knew would come for years now, and yet is no…
Biden’s win and Trump’s loss matter to the world
Midterms week is never much fun, but this past one was worse. Worse because, on top of everything, it involved hours of staring at red-and-blue maps, anxiously waiting for new…
Biden wins, but can he lead?
If the vote counts are to be believed—and there is zero proof to suggest they should not be—former vice president Joe Biden is now president-elect. Perhaps not officially, as that…