While COVID-19 has cut Portland State to what can be offered over a computer screen, what is left must still be paid for. The university was already plagued by budgetary…
Trump orders 60-day immigration ban
In a response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, United States President Donald Trump issued an executive order that temporarily limits immigration into the U.S. for 60 days, according to TeleSUR. …
The “yep, still at home” edition
The worst part of this whole quarantine, I think, is the fact you have to stare at all these massive projects in your residence that you’d totally do if you…
Quarantine Cuisine
Plenty of us have been ordering takeout since the stay-at-home order started. It’s usually easier than cooking every meal for yourself, and you get to help out your local businesses….
Government small enough to die of COVID-19
I want to go back to the pre-Trump days and argue a long-standing point of political philosophy: the cherished Republican ideal of small government. Remember when Grover Norquist said, “I…
On the clock, online
“The closure of campus and its immediate aftermath was a massive adjustment, especially since I was there on the day that we had to close, and it was pretty brutal,”…
Rallying at the Governor’s house
Outside Governor Kate Brown’s residence, Mahonia Hall, in Salem, Oregon, a rally hosted by the Facebook group Reopenor—short for reopen Oregon—advocated for lifting the Governor’s stay-at-home order. The gathering…
COVID-19, campaigns and creative solutions
As COVID-19 locks down Portland this election cycle, city government candidates are finding new ways to campaign. The coronavirus pandemic led to Oregon Governor Kate Brown limiting Oregonians’ movements,…
Ramadan during the pandemic
A socially-distanced Ramadan With Ramadan just around the corner, Muslims all around the world will face difficulties in religious practices and going back to their home country during the…
Hill to Hall April 20–24
April 20: U.S. Supreme Court rules non-unanimous jury verdicts banned in Oregon Non-unanimous jury verdicts were banned in Oregon—the only state left that allowed them—due to a United States…
Staying at home at PSU
As 95% of the United States’ population is currently under a type of stay-at-home directive, many people are figuring out how to balance school and work with the family dynamics…