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The Safest Place

by Seyward Darby December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

“In five years Dante McFallo went from White House honoree to dying in a hail of bullets on New Year’s Day.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Seventy-Two Hours Under the Heat Dome

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 13, 2021October 19, 2022

“A chronicle of a slow-motion climate disaster that became one of Oregon’s deadliest calamities.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘The Mansion on Emerson Street’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 24, 2021October 19, 2022

“After more than a year of allowing most homeless camps to remain intact so as not to displace people during the pandemic, cities across the country are now beginning to confront another public health crisis unfolding on their streets.”

Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘I Mostly Feel Like My Voice Matters’: A Portland Journalist on Protests, Police Violence, and Enduring Trauma

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 23, 2020October 19, 2022

A reporter covering the protests in Portland reflects on fear and trauma, police violence, and her voice as a journalist.

Posted inEditor's Pick

I Know How to Cover a Portland Protest. So Why Am I Shaking?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 22, 2020October 19, 2022

Journalist Karina Brown, who’s covering the protests in Portland, writes a personal essay on trauma, sexual assault, and police violence.

Posted inBusiness, Food, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

A Burger Made of Money

by Aaron Gilbreath October 31, 2018October 19, 2022

Portland’s most successful restauranteur doesn’t care about your fancy, fresh-picked, locally sourced garden ingredients. He cooks for $$$.

Posted inArts & Culture, Media, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Underground Magazine That Helped Shape Portland, Oregon

by Aaron Gilbreath October 1, 2018October 19, 2022

Before Portland was a known entity, a group of volunteers and one charismatic editor published an indie arts magazine called Snipehunt. This is its story.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

To Be Clean

by Natassja Schiel August 27, 2018October 19, 2022

A tender relationship with a fellow exotic dancer shows Natassja Schiel how to love her sister, a recovering addict.

Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Nonfiction, Quotes

Portland, Oregon, Where the Law Protects Car Thieves Instead of Peoples’ Cars

by Aaron Gilbreath December 7, 2017October 19, 2022

Thanks to wacky laws, Portland, Oregon has the third highest car theft rate in America.

Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes

Can Portland’s River Cleanup Correct Environmental Injustice?

by Aaron Gilbreath November 2, 2017October 19, 2022

The Willamette River, a superfund site, was once Portland’s lifeblood. A massive cleanup project could restore it for the communities of color that had long relied on it for food, work, and leisure.

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