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  • Birder Angela Baek watches for some new birds to add to her list in Mt Tabor Park in Portland Ore July 19 2025 Baek visiting from Los Angeles likes to tell people that birding is somewhat like real life Pokemon in that they can collect a list of birds they have and have not yet found MR Online

    Where did the birds go? Why Oregon’s spring was quieter than usual

    Originally published: OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) on July 26, 2025 by April Ehrlich (more by OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting)) (Posted Jan 09, 2026)

    Some Oregon birdwatchers say this spring was strangely quiet–and the data backs that up.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Nikolai Gogol’s Department of Government Efficiency
    Andy Merrifield A 1926 Soviet illustration of a production of Gogols play The Government Inspector showing audience members in the foreground and actors on stage in the background MR Online

    Almost two centuries after its opening night, Gogol’s five-act satirical play The Government Inspector continues to create a stir with every performance, seemingly no matter where. Maybe because corruption and self-serving double-talk aren’t just familiar features of 19th-century Russia, but have become ingrained facets of all systems of government and officialdom, making them recognizable to […]

Lost & Found

  • Strike at the Helm: The First Ministerial Meeting of the New Cycle of the Bolivarian Revolution
    Hugo Chávez Mural of Chávez in Caracas Univision MR Online

    On October 7th, 2012, after hearing of his victory as the nation‘s candidate with 56 percent of the vote, President Hugo Chávez Frias announced from a balcony in his hometown that a new cycle was beginning the very next day, October 8th.

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