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Blair Braverman is a contributing editor to <em>Outside Magazine. </em>She's also appeared on the Discovery reality show <em>Naked and Afraid</em>, in which she and a partner were left in a remote area of South Africa without clothes, food or water for three weeks.

Don't get dragged! Iditarod musher shares tales from the trail

Blair Braverman says if she lets go of the sled, the dogs will race on without her. The question, she says, is not how to get sled dogs to go. Rather, it's how do you get them to stop?

After declining most of the fall, COVID-19 cases are rising again in many parts of the U.S.

U.S. COVID cases start to rise again as the holidays approach

After declining most of the fall, new infections are up again in more than half of U.S. states, worrying experts about what the holiday season may bring.

Ashland Novelist Features International Affairs In Latest Thriller

"Vermeulen. Valentin Vermeulen" may not roll off the tongue like the name of other international men of mystery. But the fictional Vermeulen didn't really…

Compass Radio: Mental Illness From The Inside

The stigma may be slowly coming unstuck from mental illness in America, but there's still room for growth. Just ask the people of Southern Oregon Compass…

Exchange Exemplar: Exploiting The Labor Of People With Disabilities

On some level, it made sense to get people out of mental health institutions and give them jobs. But the way it was done in Texas, it violated human…

Migrants are at the border checkpoint at Bruzgi, Belarus, and Kuznica, Poland, on Wednesday. They are caught in a border crisis between Belarus and its EU neighbors that began to escalate earlier this month.

Here's what it's like for migrants trapped between Belarus and Poland

Thousands of migrants are camped along the border of Belarus and Poland, trapped between the countries. EU officials accuse Belarus of luring them across the border.

After two student suicides over one October weekend, UNC students created a makeshift memorial on the Chapel Hill campus. To reduce the risk of suicide contagion, any memorial sites or activities should be limited, experts say, and should not glorify, vilify or stigmatize the deceased student or their death.

Colleges are turning to science to limit suicide contagion and help heal campuses

The new strategy is called "postvention." It means having a plan built on truth, compassion and counseling that quickly addresses the mental health needs of friends and classmates after a suicide.

Although a federal rule is currently blocked by an appeals court, Oregon officials are still going to try and meet a Dec. 4 deadline to require employees at large companies to get vaccinated or be tested every week for COVID-19.

Despite federal lawsuit, Oregon on track to create vaccine-or-test rule for large companies

Although a federal appeals court has blocked the Biden Administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large companies, Oregon is continuing to create its own rule.

The dorm at the shelter on X Street in Sacramento, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.

Sacramento could be first city to establish 'right to housing'

The plan could help the city comply with federal court rulings that have prevented local governments from imposing anti-camping ordinances if there isn’t enough housing or shelter.

Students walk on the Eastern Oregon University campus during the 2021 fall term.

Enrollment at most of Oregon’s public colleges and universities is still down

Although enrollment only fell slightly at Oregon’s community colleges this year, compared to 2019 it’s down nearly 24%.

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