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Courtesy of Yad Vashem, Wikimedia CommonsJPR鈥檚 Vanessa Finney discusses 鈥淥nly Hope: A Survivor鈥檚 Stories of the Holocaust鈥� with book editor Irving Lubliner, director Liisa Ivary, and Christine Williams, who narrates the audiobook and stars in the play. -
Irving LublinerHolocaust survivor, Felicia Lubliner felt driven to remind us that the millions who perished were not defined by their deaths but by their lives-their joys, dreams, loves.
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Out-of-work residents fight new fraud battles. The system bleeds money. And a $1 billion technology overhaul marches on. -
After utility equipment sparked tragic wildfires, PG&E, SCE and SDG&E received state approval to collect $27 billion from ratepayers. As California electric bills soar, questions have emerged about oversight and costs. -
There's some very sophisticated technology being used to try to understand how migrating salmon and steelhead are re-inhabiting the river, now that four hydroelectric dams have been removed. Then there are other research methods that are as much art as science. -
Most ships discharging ballast water into California waters are inspected, but state officials have tested the water of only 16 ships. Experts say invaders like mussels are inevitable under current rules and enforcement. -
Chantele Rilatos is a traditional weaver and tribal member of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. In this conversation with JPR鈥檚 Vanessa Finney, Rilatos describes the materials and techniques she uses to create works of art that are as useful as they are beautiful. -
A planned resort in Oregon's high desert is a testing ground for reining in groundwater pumping as its deep-pocketed backers battle state regulators in a high-stakes court case. -
More than a million acres of wildlands in Eastern Oregon could be preserved through federal legislation or a monument declaration from the president. This could be the last chance for the Owyhee Canyonlands to see additional protections for years. -
In numerous lawsuits, conservative professors and students allege that California鈥檚 community colleges are hindering their right to free speech under the First Amendment. -
Farmworker advocates, health experts say more robust monitoring needed to prevent spread of illness -
U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that鈥檚 been in place for three decades. -
Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks. -
Oregon鈥檚 first psilocybin service centers opened around a year ago, providing psychedelic mushrooms to treat conditions like PTSD. One center in Southern Oregon is trying to increase access with group-psychedelic experiences 鈥� like a magic mushroom concert.
