July 11, 2019
We cannot look away from abuses on our southern border
On Friday, July 12, thousands will gather in nearly 550 spots across the globe to protest inhumane conditions facing migrants on the United States’ southern border.
On Friday, July 12, thousands will gather in nearly 550 spots across the globe to protest inhumane conditions facing migrants on the United States’ southern border.
By Martha Martin Guest Columnist To the voters in the East County Fire and Rescue (ECFR) District — we heard you. Requesting a five-year lid lift last year…
Toxic algae blooms have been putting a damper on local summer fun this year — closing popular swimming areas like Vancouver Lake and warning people to keep themselves and their…
Did June seem to sneak up on anyone else — and then pass by in a flash? That’s the way summer goes, we guess. Cheers to 2019 grads: In honor…
In his 2006 report for the United Nations Development Fund for Women, then Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan said violence against women and girls was “a problem of pandemic proportions” with at least one out of every three women having been “beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime” by someone she knew.
During the 1992 presidential campaign, then-candidate Bill Clinton famously intoned, “I feel your pain,” reassuring voters he understood what they were going through. Since then, similar statements of empathy have become a staple for politicians. But it doesn’t always ring true for every constituent.
We’ve been so caught up in covering “graduation season,” we nearly forgot that it’s also “farmers market season.”
The old bumper sticker “Keep Your Laws Off of My Body” isn’t old and isn’t a bumper sticker. It’s a chilling reality for women today. And Father’s Day is a perfect time for men to wake up to women’s reality — to stand up and speak out on behalf of women’s reproductive health and rights.
Gas station helpers reaffirm belief in good people
This issue of the Post-Record includes our annual “Grad Tab,” a tribute to the seniors at Camas and Washougal high schools who are preparing to graduate over the next two weeks.
