The Weekly Way (6/25/21)
UO Student Series concludes and Frazier returns.
SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE OREGON WAY
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It’s great to be back at the helm of The Oregon Way. Thank you to Joe Beach and the rest of the EO Media team for their able management of TOW over the last month. Thank you to the contributors for their fantastic pieces. And, thank you, readers, for sticking with us as we continue to sort through the best path forward for the formalization of TOW.
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To think on: how to allocate federal funds
To read:
Peter Sage of Medford points out that the usual resentment of Portlanders held by “downstate” residents shouldn’t apply to COVID — high rates of vaccination in the Portland-area are carrying the state toward a maskless future.
read the full piece here.
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Mindy Tran questions how the State has cleaned up forest-fire scorned areas. She echoes the call of many others to reform Oregon’s approach to forest management.
read the full piece here.
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Whitney Warth reminds us that when both political parties prioritize investing in America’s youth families facing hard times may find themselves supported and hopeful once again.
read the full piece here.
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Yuki Gaudreault urges Oregonians to keep in mind that “[i]ncreasing vaccination rates requires understanding vaccine hesitancy—rather than merely condemning or shaming those who have not yet received their shot.”
read the full piece here.
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Kevin Frazier calls for a new way to close the Digital Divide — treating access to the Internet like we treat the distribution of other essentials in the 21st Century.
read the full piece here.
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Submit a letter to the editor. How are we doing? What are we missing? How do you define The Oregon Way?
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