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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

IRENE MONROE

OPINION: GORMAN’S INAUGURATION POEM STILL HAS BLACK WOMEN TALKING

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted February 4, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Still, it’s hard for many to believe that America can change.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Art, Inauguration, poetry

THE ‘GUINEA PIG PHASE’: WHY HISTORY SPURS SOME TO QUESTION VACCINES

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted December 24, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“Fauci recognized our distrust in the medical system but assured the audience that the speed of the vaccine does not compromise its safety nor scientific integrity.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: coronavirus, Dr. Fauci, Rev. Liz Walker, Vaccines

OPINION: SOMEONE HAD TO DO IT FIRST

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted November 17, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Harris stands on shoulders of giants.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Election, Kamala Harris, Politics

BEING FRANK: IS THE POPE’S SUPPORT OF CIVIL UNIONS MERELY LIP SERVICE?

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted November 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

"Since marriage equality is out of the question, can the LGBTQ community trust Pope Francis to follow through on civil unions?"

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: LGBTQ, marriage equality, religion

A LOSS FOR ALL AMERICANS—EVEN THE ONES WHO DON’T REALIZE IT

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted September 29, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Ginsburg’s death comes as a crushing blow to those of us who believe in building a multicultural democracy and a participatory government."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: loss, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, women's rights

THE LISTENING: WHAT PORTLAND’S WALL OF MOMS IS MISSING

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted August 9, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

There are various levels of listening, and what’s needed here is what MLK preached about.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: news & opinion, opinion

SHRED THE GOP PLAYBOOK: RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS HONORS JOHN LEWIS

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted July 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

To honor the congressman, let’s make some good trouble this November, and vote out our present Republican thugocracy. 

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: news, news to us, Op-Ed, opinion, slider

WHAT, TO BLACK AMERICA, IS THIS 4TH OF JULY?

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted July 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

"I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: news, news to us, Op-Ed, opinion

PRIDE CELEBRATES MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY VIRTUALLY DURING MULTIPLE CRISES

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted June 15, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, Op-Ed

The continued distance between the white LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ communities of color has a historical antecedent.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, Op-Ed Tagged With: columns, coronavirus, COVID, news, news to us, Op-Ed

BAKER’S RESTRICTIONS ON WORSHIP LAX COMPARED TO INITIAL CDC GUIDELINES

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted May 26, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us

churches reopening

We compared the CDC's earlier guidelines advising gatherings to the governor’s instructions limiting places of worship occupancy to 40%. Baker, no doubt, was under pressure not to be "too prescriptive."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us Tagged With: Column, columns, coronavirus, COVID, news, news to us

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