By Taylor Bailey :: On March 11, 1967, the California condor was placed on the Endangered Species List. The largest flying land bird in the North America was determined to be “threatened with extinction” in the first report of its kind compiled in accordance with the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. At the time,Continue Reading Returning the California Condor to the Pacific Northwest
XRAY In The Morning | Tuesday — February 28th, 2017 Chia Yin Hsu, Associate Professor of History at PSU and Leah Goldman, Assistant Professor of Humanities at Reed College discuss the nature of Russian Hacks, the 2017 Presidential Election, and Russian influence in politics on XRAY In The Morning with host Jefferson Smith. Interview segment is below, orContinue Reading Professor Chia Yin Hsu on XRAY In The Morning | Presidential Election and Russian Hacks
By Jazmine Kelley :: On February 29, 1940 the doors of segregated Hollywood were kicked open for a night as Hattie McDaniel accepted an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This was an historical landmark because it preceded the Civil Rights movement and sparked heated debate over what roles an African American should play in Hollywood.Continue Reading And the Academy Award Goes To . . . Hattie McDaniel
By Tanya Monthey :: An Oregon businessman made it to the United States Supreme Court in 1908 challenging the state’s maximum hour law for women. This case came before the Court at a time when progressive legislation was repeatedly struck down, in alignment with their economic ideology of laissez-faire capitalism. The Lochner Era, is named forContinue Reading “An object of public interest” | Women, Labor, and Muller v. Oregon
By Mike Mata :: February 15th marks the anniversary of the death of an early mental health pioneer and namesake of the perennially weird Portland street, Dr. James C. Hawthorne. Hawthorne, a native of Pennsylvania, was purported to have completed his medical schooling at the Medical University in Louisville, Kentucky, although archives from theContinue Reading James C. Hawthorne | An Asylum and a Boulevard
By Taylor Bailey :: On April 14, 1962, ‘Packy’ the elephant was born at the Portland Zoological Gardens. He was the first elephant born in the United States in 44 years, and that was a big deal. American animal dealers and zoos had struggled to get Asian elephants to breed in captivity, and even ifContinue Reading The Birth of Packy the Elephant
By Will Schneider :: The city of Portland, Oregon was incorporated on February 8th, 1851. While the date is significant and signaled a new point in the history of settlements along the Willamette River, hard dates can also be misleading. Beginning a history of Portland at its incorporation obscures all that came before, covering overContinue Reading Portland Incorporated as a City
By Jeannette Butts :: In 1950, Samuel Newhouse, a multi-millionaire from New York, purchased The Oregonian. This didn’t raise too many eyebrows as he was actively buying large publications. What did start to cause concern, though, was the fate of the Oregon Journal, Portland’s only other daily newspaper. Philip Jackson, the founder of the OregonContinue Reading Portland’s Newspaper Wars | How The Oregonian became a Monopoly
By Alecia Giombolini :: How a Short-Lived Portland Anarchist Newspaper Jumpstarted a National Movement The Firebrand was an anarchist-communist newspaper published in Portland, Oregon. The first issue was released on January 27, 1895 and would continue to be published weekly until September 1897 when the newspaper’s three principle publishers were arrested and convicted for “sendingContinue Reading The Firebrand | A Portland Iconoclast
By Kim Andrews :: January 17, 1893 marks the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani. This was a moment of American imperialism that had an enormous impact on the lives and livelihoods of the Hawaiian people. However, this story of Hawaiian Annexation is also a personal one. I want to highlight how the reigning monarch, Queen Liliuokalani,Continue Reading Liliuokalani’s Fight for Hawaii