Jesse Springer has been making light of the ups and downs of Oregon politics since 1995. His new book, Only In Oregon, collects those weekly comics as a history lesson in the good, the bad and the weird of Oregon Politics

In his book Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men: Hope to Keep Going, Grier dives deep into the challenges Black men face in America today: racialized trauma, sexism, homophobia and classism. But with his background as a therapist and minister, he’s looking to do more than diagnose a societal problem: he writes that the goal is to help Black men survive, become liberated, heal, and ultimately flourish.

“Slime molds have a PR problem,” said Kelly Brenner, a Seattle author and naturalist. “For one, they’re called slime molds and that’s not appealing and it’s not representative of how beautiful they really are.”

Despite their unappealing name, these one-cell wonders have been fascinating (and baffling) scientists for centuries.

Talking with OPB Science and Environment reporter Monica Samayoa about the most memorable stories she reported in 2021

Talking with  OPB higher education reporter Meerah Powell about the most memorable stories she reported in 2021

Talking with Oregon Art Beat Producer Eric Slade about the most memorable stories he reported in 2021

Talking with OPB science and environment reporter/ Oregon Field Guide Producer Jes Burns about the most memorable stories she reported in 2021

The future of the former Concordia University campus in Northeast Portland is still uncertain nearly two years after the school shuttered. And the reasons that led up to the closure of Oregon’s largest private university are still hazy as well.

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More than 10,000 Oregonians have applied for rental assistance, had their applications accepted and yet, due to the state’s inability to process applications quickly enough, are at risk of losing their homes. Gov. Kate Brown has called lawmakers back to Salem this Monday with the hopes of fixing the issue and ensuring people stuck in the bureaucratic backlog don’t lose their homes this winter.

Portland software developer Panic Inc surprised videogame fans a few years ago when they .  announced a product called Playdate: a brand new, hand-held piece of video game hardware, complete with its own line of games. But pandemic supply-chain snarls and a major manufacturing setback means gamers won't have the device in their hands until next year at the earliest.