As Labor Day approaches, The Western Edge spoke to one labor activist on an extended hunger strike to highlight deaths inside Amazon facilities.

In progressive Oregon, the Parks department has wrung its hands for years over inclusion

In progressive Oregon, the Parks department has wrung its hands for years over inclusion

A status report: lessons learned after six months of business.

A status report: lessons learned after six months of business.

Women inside some Northwest Buddhist centers say the faith has long struggled to stop predatory behavior by spiritual leaders, and in some cases brushed it aside.

Women inside some Northwest Buddhist centers say the faith has long struggled to stop predatory behavior by spiritual leaders, and in some cases brushed it aside.

Women inside some Northwest Buddhist centers say the faith has long struggled to stop predatory behavior by spiritual leaders, and in some cases brushed it aside.

Women inside some Northwest Buddhist centers say the faith has long struggled to stop predatory behavior by spiritual leaders, and in some cases brushed it aside.

The former Washington state legislator from Spokane Valley has been very, very busy

Sheriff and police now on a “recovery mission” to find John Walsh

Sheriff and police now on a “recovery mission” to find John Walsh

The man, the myth, the cowboy hat.

The man, the myth, the cowboy hat.

The recent trial and conviction of the Spokane 3 holds striking similarities to the acquittal of the Bundy family a decade earlier in Oregon.

The recent trial and conviction of the Spokane 3 holds striking similarities to the acquittal of the Bundy family a decade earlier in Oregon.

After the 46-year-old worker collapsed in April, employees and his family began to wonder if working conditions played any part.

The Western Edge's Ryan Haas on investigative reporting, the need for diverse perspectives, and rebuilding trust

After the 46-year-old worker collapsed in April, employees and his family began to wonder if working conditions played any part.

After the 46-year-old worker collapsed in April, employees and his family began to wonder if working conditions played any part.

After the 46-year-old worker collapsed in April, employees and his family began to wonder if working conditions played any part.

After the 46-year-old worker collapsed in April, employees and his family began to wonder if working conditions played any part.

This semester I taught a course on the History of the Far Right in the US. We were lucky to have one of the Pacific Northwest's sharpest contemporary chroniclers and interpreters of the far right, Lea...

What if all you knew was extremist politics? Welcome to being young in America.

What if all you knew was extremist politics? Welcome to being young in America.

What if all you knew was extremist politics? Welcome to being young in America.

A man died April 6 at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Oregon. Our reporting on the facility continues.

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A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.

The Pioneer Award for Local Creator Journalism will be presented to an independent journalist using emerging digital platforms to strengthen civil discourse in their local community.​

The entire editorial staff at the Roseburg News-Review learned Wednesday morning that they'd be laid off by the end of April.