Stories - Oregon

One City's Homeless Case

A case from an Oregon city shows that removing people does not solve a social problem.

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The Meaning of Irish Defeat

A Roundup from Barcelona to Nelson Mandela Bay

With The President Out of The Country, Oregonians To Reinvent Democracy

Modern Direct Democracy by Initiative and Referendum in the United States was first known as the "Oregon...

The Happier The Citizens, The Lower The Turnout

Switzerland and Oregon, though culturally and geographically distinct, practice democracy in surprising...

Democratic Idea Goes Around The World

Citizens' initiatives are a tool of modern direct democracy. Invented as an idea in the late 18th century,...

How To Cure A Democratic Hangover?

For #Regrexit-fans and other voters, who found themselves uninformed on a major decision, experiments in the...