The Last Mile Home
Portland city planners rethink land use and the transportation network as the rise of e-commerce increases congestion and puts climate goals at risk.
- Published in Travel and Transportation
Battle Lines
The future of farming is at stake in the Klamath Basin, where drought is sucking the land dry, and conflicting interests over water use threaten a long-term solution.
- Published in Farms and Forests
Brand Energizer
In the 1980s, Turtle Island Foods blazed a trail in the manufacture of plant-based foods. Its CEO is now faced with the task of retaining market share in an increasingly competitive vegan-food market.
- Published in Manufacturing
Businesses Face Social-Justice Crossroads
COVID-19 exposes long-standing wounds of systemic racism.
- Published in Economy and Finance
The Purposeful Agitator
The philanthropic vision of Meyer Memorial Trust’s new president is to disrupt, repair and rebuild.
- Published in Economy and Finance
February Cover Story: Picturing AI Law
Art director Joan McGuire describes her inspiration for illustrating this month’s cover story.
- Published in Opinion
Medicaid, Heal Thyself
Beset by rising costs and right-wing rhetoric, can Oregon’s bold experiment to revamp coordinated care organizations make the grade?
- Published in Health Care
On the road with Kate Brown
Dogged by questions of leadership and a shaky relationship with business, the governor goes on tour to find out what employers want — and share her vision of a prosperous Oregon.
- Published in Politics