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How does a designer take an abstract idea and turn a space into an experience? Artist Es Devlin explores the influence of the spaces and structures we create—in theater, art, music, and beyond.

More than 3 thousand people live on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Tribal leaders urged all residents to comply with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's "stay at home" order in March, and in the intervening time have gone even further than state guidelines in terms of mask wearing and social distancing. Now that the county has been put back to baseline status, we talk with Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation’s Chuck Sams about how the community is responding to the ongoing pandemic and about the newly formed Intergovernmental Task Force.

Sea level rise will displace millions by 2100 — and the Louisiana bayous, where Colette Pichon Battle lives, may disappear entirely. She describes how we can avert the worst when disaster strikes.

In the heart of urban Brooklyn, a 300-year old farmhouse still stands. Archaeologist Alyssa Loorya explains how artifacts found at the site trace the life cycles of New York City--from 1720 to today.

Portland-based comics journalist Joe Sacco’s new book is an emotionally complex and historically informed portrait of the Dene First Nation people, the indigenous subarctic communities that have lived in what is now known as Canada's Northwest Territories for thousands of years. “Paying the Land” tells how economic and cultural colonialism and residential schools nearly destroyed the Dene’s ancient way of life. It also chronicles the impacts of mining, drilling and fracking, along with climate change on the land and people.

Phil Klay has emerged as perhaps our most effective explainer of the theories, intricacies, complexities, atrocities and consequences of modern warfare. His book “Redeployment,” a collection of short stories emerging from his service as a marine in the Iraq war, won the National Book Award. His latest book “Missionaries” goes to Iraq, and Afghanistan, and Yemen, and - most notably - Colombia. Most of the book is set in that country in the run up to the 2016 peace accord between the government and the left-wing guerrilla group, the FARC.

After the state's testing sites close Thursday evening, they won't reopen until at least Tuesday morning — part of the safety precautions for Tropical Storm Isaias.

Oregon surpassed 300 deaths in the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, reminding citizens that it's far from over.

The playwright V, formerly known as Eve Ensler, survived horrific sexual violence as a child. Years later, she decided to write what she needed to hear most: a true apology in the words of her abuser.

A judge says the Oscar-winning actress's discrimination and retaliation suit against Netflix can move forward.