Archive - Letters from a Recovering Politician

Do we seek first to understand or to judge?

Apr 22 •

Does Your Representative Work for You?

The Rocky Relationship Between Politicians and Voters

Apr 8 •

March 2024

Housing Exclusion

How NIMBYs Use Oregon's Land Use Laws to Worsen Inequality

Mar 25 •

2024 Legislative Short Session Recap

Progress on Housing and Drug Treatment and Incomplete Work on Campaign Finance Reform

Mar 12 •

February 2024

Money in Oregon Politics

How the Legislature Deceives the Public on Campaign Finance Reform

Feb 23 •

Building a Better Future at Lane Community College

LCC's New Bachelor's Program Puts a Capstone on Experiential Learning

Feb 19 •

Oregon's Worst-in-the-Nation Recovery from Pandemic Learning Loss

Feb 5 •

January 2024

Emergency Shelter for All

One Vision of How Our Community Can Come Together in an Emergency

Jan 29 •

A Collective Moral Failure

Local Governments' Inadequate Response to the Ice Storm

Jan 22 •

Plodding Toward Universal Coverage

Health Insurance Incrementalism in Oregon

Jan 8 •

December 2023

Listening to Our Braver Angels

Dec 25, 2023 •

Taking Care of Refugees, the Economy, and the Border

Keeping the US Safe and the Golden Door Open

Dec 12, 2023 •

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