Steve Duin

Portland

Columnist at Oregon Live (The Oregonian)

Sunday columnist for The Oregonian, Golden Age comics' collector and author of "The Mueller Report: The Graphic Novel," with Shannon Wheeler

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Articles

Panic and Trump fatigue welcome Wyden back to Oregon: Steve Duin column

2 months ago | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

Ron Wyden’s 1,104th town hall? “I’ve never had one quite like it,” Oregon’s senior U.S. senator confessed. And before the mob dispersed and the gridlock in that Hillsboro neighborhood finally eased last Saturday, Wyden didn’t take the lead in consoling the panicked, impassioned crowd. Many of those folks arrived an hour early, anxiety and alarm in tow.
Will Oregon Democrats embrace power or run from it? Steve Duin column

2 months ago | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

Donald Trump’s return to power is a daunting reminder of what can be done with it when you are unchecked and unbalanced, convinced you are anointed by God. In short order, Trump moved to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants, upending the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment. He issued a virtual blanket pardon to those who ran riot on Jan. 6, even the “day-of-love” thugs who attacked Capitol Police.
A taxing attitude at Multnomah County: Steve Duin column

Dec 14, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

Vision? Don Baack has never lacked for vision. For the last 30 years, he has remained tirelessly committed to Southwest Trails, a 50-mile network of footpaths in a city that is hard pressed to invest in sidewalks. Foresight? Baack, 87, is fully armed. Eyesight, however, is a debilitating problem. His right eye is toast, and his left eye beginning to fail.
Three days in the life of a Multnomah County juror: Steve Duin column

Nov 23, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

At 9 a.m. on the last Wednesday of October, Scott Brown – juror No. 11 – finally took his seat on the 17th floor of the Multnomah County Courthouse. A downtown Portland book dealer, Brown was one of 259 Oregonians who lined up two days earlier in the rain to pass through the metal detectors enroute to their civic duty. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
Farewell to a force of nature: Steve Duin column

Nov 9, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

In August 2010, twenty-two Oregonians journeyed to the Gulf Coast to plumb the devastation wrought by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Mike Rosen, the city of Portland’s watershed manager at the time, organized the trip, which was designed to produce a documentary, graphic novel and high-school curriculum that bore witness to the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.
The extraordinary expansion at PDX: Steve Duin column

Oct 5, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

The architects of the new Portland airport faced a unique challenge in reshaping and expanding a terminal that most Oregonians love: They were handed $2.15 billion, much of it from the major airlines, and warned, “Don’t screw this up.”“A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Curtis Robinhold, the executive director at the Port of Portland, concedes. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
Literary Arts’ ambitious move to Portland’s east side: Steve Duin column

Sep 15, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Steve Duin

The work to repair and revive this city, Andrew Proctor argues, won’t be sustained by a beguiling tagline or a misguided reunion with the past. “Portland is in an identity crisis. Our stories about who we are as a city have collapsed around us,” says Proctor, the executive director of Literary Arts. “There’s no getting in a time machine and going back to 2015. Nostalgia is incredibly dangerous. CONTINUE READING
Literary Arts’ ambitious move to Portland’s east side: Steve Duin column

Sep 14, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

The work to repair and revive this city, Andrew Proctor argues, won’t be sustained by a beguiling tagline or a misguided reunion with the past. “Portland is in an identity crisis. Our stories about who we are as a city have collapsed around us,” says Proctor, the executive director of Literary Arts. “There’s no getting in a time machine and going back to 2015. Nostalgia is incredibly dangerous.
The heart and soul of 82nd Avenue: Steve Duin column

Aug 10, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

He survived genocide. He traversed the killing fields of Cambodia. And when you sit with Saron Khut at his restaurant, Mekong Bistro, on Northeast 82nd Avenue, you soon realize he now lives to embrace the planet, and make it far more welcoming to immigrants and strangers in this tumultuous city.
Bankruptcy and the Catholic Church: Steve Duin column

Jul 6, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Steve Duin

Twenty years ago this week, the Catholic Archdiocese of Portland took stock of its many sins and the looming days of judgment, then became the first archdiocese in the country to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. That legal maneuver was not a total surprise. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.