The images from the Depression are vastly different from ours; yet, in many ways, they are the same. Our neighborhoods were silent, doors closed, drapes tightly drawn, families, friends, perhaps strangers waiting inside.
Chris Honoré: I was convinced that America would unambiguously reject this man who would be king. But, to my chagrin, I was wrong.
John F. Kennedy: “In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course.”
Chris Honoré: I am certain that over the coming decades and beyond, scholars and journalists will study this divisive period which, I would judge, began with the 2016 grievance-saturated election to the presidency of faux populist Donald Trump.
Chris Honoré: Donald Trump simply cannot win the presidency. He must not return to the White House. Perhaps he can last four more years, but our Democracy won’t. With a mixture of regret and urgency, the number of elected Democrats calling for President Biden to step down grows.
Chris Honoré: The ultimate and essential arbiter of the law is the Supreme Court, the inviolable third branch of our government that should be free of the whims of politics, bias, or greed but guided by our Constitution — and, yes, decency.
Chris Honoré: The reality is that in this moment we have only one political party and one candidate that believe in our form of democratic governance. We stand on a precipice.
Chris Honoré: Do Republicans not fully comprehend that this coming election, like no other, will ultimately represent a choice, not one framed by policy or issues, but one that affirms how we wish to be governed? In other words, our democracy is first and foremost on the ballot.
Chris Honoré: How to explain the presence of third-party candidates other than to say they have boarded the quixotic vanity train?
Chris Honoré: In this moment [Trump backers] support a candidate who openly declares that on Day One of his administration he will be a retributive dictator and that democracy is anachronistic.
The art exhibition of a renowned American artist living in Ashland has opened at the Langford Art Gallery in Phoenix. The exhibition “Beneath the Surface” features dozens of paintings by artist Abby Lazerow. The artist describes her work as “the search for human connection.”
Ashland’s 15th annual SOPride Festival brought together students, educators, activists and dozens of local groups on Saturday, Oct. 4 for the event’s parade in downtown Ashland.
Saying the Trump administration directly contravened her Saturday order blocking the federal government from mobilizing National Guard troops in Portland, a federal judge on Sunday evening issued a broader order barring the federal government from relocating National Guard members to Oregon from any state.
Hours after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from mobilizing 200 Oregon National Guard troops in Portland, the federal government began sending California National Guard troops to Oregon. Gov. Tina Kotek said Sunday that she’s aware that 101 California troops arrived in Oregon via plane overnight and that more were on their way.
Kicked off by a “Wheely Fun Parade” and morning 10K, 5K and 1-mile races hosted by Southern Oregon Runners, the 54th annual Talent Harvest Festival brought thousands to the downtown core Saturday for a day of food, music and fun.
Three long first-quarter touchdown plays positioned No. 8-ranked Montana Western to run away with its first-ever road win against Southern Oregon, 40-20, in the teams’ Frontier Conference West Division opener on Saturday at Raider Stadium’s Laurel Field.
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