Understanding the Child Soldier: Violence, the Military-Entertainment...
Anti-war demonstrators outside of the Pentagon. Attitudes towards war have shifted greatly in the United States as new methods of propaganda surface attempting to normalize militarization. Photo via...
View ArticleThe Franklin Post Class of 2026: Portraits and Superlatives!
The Post staff for the 2026 school year posing with Issue 7 of the paper. Photo by Easton Atlansky. Many thanks to our staff for the 2025-26 school year, and good luck to our seniors in all of their...
View ArticleCharlotte’s Book Corner: The Fierce, Feverish Meditations of Clarice...
Clarice Lispector’s “Água Viva” is a consciousness caught on page. Plotless and slippery, the book unfolds in a sustained interior monologue addressed to an unnamed “you.” It abandons any story...
View ArticleLand Restoration Underway for New Portland Bird Alliance Sanctuary and Care...
A Townsend’s Warbler perched on a branch. The Bird Alliance of Oregon is transforming a former rock quarry site into a new Wildlife Care Center and nature sanctuary, which will expand its capacity to...
View ArticleA Disappointing Winter for Oregon Skiers
The Palmer Snowfield on Mount Hood in 2015 with a record-low snowpack. This year, Oregon’s snowpack was close to the record low, leaving many Oregonians with a disappointing ski and snowboard season....
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Columbia Willamette Cuts Education Department
2025-26 Teen Council members at their annual retreat. Teen Council, Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette (PPCW)’s “peer-led sex ed” program, was one of many Education and Outreach programs cut by a...
View ArticleChiles v. Salazar Decision Challenges Conversion Therapy Bans Nationwide
A therapist’s office with a child’s form scribbled out on the couch.The recent Supreme Court decision of Chiles v. Salazar makes it easier for licensed therapists to practice unscientific conversion...
View ArticleStreet Books: Portland’s Library on Wheels
People gathered around the Street Books cart. Local nonprofit Street Books promotes community, centered on books and people’s stories. Photo by Martha Daghlian. Portland has a wide variety of...
View ArticleCentering New Perspectives: Metro’s 50 Year Regional Plan
The Future Vision Youth Committee posing with staff from the Next Up Action Fund, the Blueprint Foundation, and Metro. The 50-year regional plan created by Metro gives a voice to youth in the Portland...
View ArticlePeople Are in a FRENZI Over Franklin’s Pop-Punk Band
Members of the local student band FRENZI pose for a group picture. The group creates pop-punk music in Portland. Photo by Trent Finlay. Some of the most significant bands in modern culture started...
View ArticleHow the Digital World Impacts Misinformation
A high school student’s phone displays a group of popular social media apps. Many high school students use the internet and social media, which heightens their risk of encountering misinformation....
View ArticleBreaking the ICE — A Rallying Cry for Our Generation
Students at Roseway Heights Middle School look on as protesters in the McDaniel High School march walk by. These students saw their older peers fighting for justice and human rights in their very own...
View ArticleWhat Place Does AI Have in the Modern Classroom?
Today, you can find Artificial Intelligence (AI) almost everywhere. The incorporation of AI is no longer limited to social media and search engines; it can now be found in many different workplaces....
View ArticleThe Value of Art: How to Not Separate It From the Artist
If you are one of the 600 million people to have bought a Harry Potter book, chances are you probably liked it. In fact, according to the Washington Post, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” is one...
View ArticleThe Differences in How We Treat Transgender Men and Transgender Women is...
“If this is what’s happening now, then what’s next?” asked Eden Hill, Franklin student and ally to the transgender community. Transgender people — those who do not identify as the gender corresponding...
View ArticleIt’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, it’s the Women’s Power Suit!
A lineup of suitlike garb, in vogue over different decades. In a time when the women’s suit is perhaps least defined, it still presents a significant opportunity for authority and expression. Photo by...
View ArticleRyan Gosling “Amaze, Amaze, Amaze[s]” Moviegoers
The movie poster for “Project Hail Mary,” which came out on March 20. The 2026 film, starring Ryan Gosling, features hilarious characters, breathtaking visuals, and heartfelt themes of collaboration...
View ArticlePreparing for Noah Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide Tour’
Noah Kahan’s “We’ll All Be Here Forever Tour” in 2024 at the RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater in Ridgefield, WA. Kahan’s upcoming “The Great Divide Tour” will be his fifth tour. Photo via Rebecca...
View ArticleStudent Beatmakers Take on the Underground Sound
An open computer displaying FL Studio, a common program used for music production. This particular setup belongs to Ylo, a local producer that goes to Franklin. Photo by Arlo Wells. Today, we live in...
View ArticleTwo-Thousand And Counting: Portland’s Puppet Museum
The wide selection of puppets at the Portland Puppet Museum from their current exhibit, “Fairy Tale, Television, and Super Star Puppets.” The museum cycles through its collection of over 2,000 puppets...
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