| Features |
| Soundings | |
| "First Bird" | Lyanda Haupt |
| Six Hundred Million Indians Vote | David Savage |
| Report on Indian Democracy | |
| The Future of Whales: Choice or Chance? | Bruce Mate and Deborah A. Goldstein |
| An insight into the contributions of satellite tracking and critical habitat to the recovery of whale populations | |
| Northwest Philanthropy | Michael Duckworth |
| New Players, New Rules? | |
| Countries That Torture | Virginia Brown Keyder |
| Pinochet and International Law | |
| "The Stone of Love" Redux | Nick Cowell and Michael Ned Palmer |
| Selected Readers' conclusions to the story by Terence O'Donnell | |
| "Traveling Close to Home" | Debra Gwartney |
| An Essay | |
| Departments |
| Editorial | Senator Mark O. Hatfield |
| Contributors | |
| Letters | |
| Crossword Puzzle | Matt Jones |
| Books | |
| A Fertile Meadow Far From Town | John Daniel |
| PEN Northwest | |
| Conspicuous Consumption | |
| Confessions of a (Reformed) Gear Junkie | Ted Katauskas |
| The Arts | |
| Sauvie Island Landscapes | Sally Cleveland |
| Sports | |
| Wrapped Up in the Flag | Shea Anderson |
| Garden | |
| Gardening is My Sport | Lee Neff |
