Labor: Spring 2026

From the Director: Working with Bernie

Editor's Note: Labor

Putting in Footings

Knowing the Water

Inside the specialized, place-based work of a Columbia River pilot

Women's Work

Women are making space for themselves in the trades despite federal efforts to reverse their progress.

The Newsroom Next Door

As local news markets dry up, independent journalists and grassroots publishers are stepping in.

Flavors of Home

Two African immigrant entrepreneurs on building a business—and belonging—in Oregon

Trying

The work of becoming a queer family

Working Class Literature

How reading about class struggle can help us build a better world

A Place of No Nostalgia

The long legacy of Indigenous farmworkers in the Pacific Northwest

Posts

Readers write about labor

Works Cited: Of Human Bondage

Revisiting formative books, films, and music