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The Parent Trap!
Is it morally defensible to send our children to private school? by Erik Henriksen iStock / BraunSWatching last week's confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos for secretary of Education, we found...
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Savage Love: ITMFA!
by Dan Savage Joe NewtonListening to pundits discuss the president on the radio, I was inspired by your brilliant acronym (DTMFA) to yell, "Impeach the motherfucker already!" I'd love to see a line of...
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With Julieta, Pedro Almodóvar Riffs on Alice Munro
by Suzette Smith Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has given Adriana Ugarte, the central actress of his new film Julieta, his current hairstyle—puffy and white like a seeding dandelion. It’s as if he’s...
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Remembering Woody Guthrie's Time at the Bonneville Dam
by Ryan J. Prado THE YEAR 2016 marked the 75th anniversary of one of the more notable months of Woody Guthrie’s distinguished songwriting career. Hired by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to...
View ArticleDear Portland "Woodsmen"
by Anonymous I'm so sick of all of you anxiously preparing for the "grid to go down". Y'all are fucking nuts. It is one thing only that affords you the privilege of espousing this bullshit and it is...
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Recordings Prove Republicans are Freaking Out About Repealing Obamacare
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Sydney BrownstoneRepublican senators and house members met this week in closed door sessions in Philadelphia to discuss their responses to Trump's insistence the ACA (or as...
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George Orwell's 1984 Is a Best Seller Again, But His "Politics and the...
by Rich Smith Read it while you still can. Getty Images The New York Times reports that George Orwell's 1984 is "rising to the top of the Amazon best-seller list in the United States," and that, since...
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Commissioner Chloe Eudaly Has Ended Her Call for a City-Wide Rent Freeze—But...
by Dirk VanderHart Commissioner Chloe EudalyNot long after her victory over Steve Novick, now-City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly made a pledge. In a November 18 speech about the frustrations and...
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This Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo FINALLY! The snow's officially gone and not threatening to come back anytime soon, so we can enjoy these style events this weekend:Gild ShoesThe PDX Collective Sale is back with...
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Blazers Recap: The Blazers Snub The Grizzlies, 112-109
by Aris Hunter Wales That dirty four letter word is on the tips of everyone’s tongues again. Snub. Just like last season, poor Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum were passed up for the coveted Western...
View ArticleMy Trump Escape
by Anonymous I have been reading several rants lately about Donald Trump. The news is all about this silly, rich,out of touch with reality President. I am always left empty and discouraged by the...
View ArticleLasting Effect
by Anonymous It was a Friday afternoon in June when I saw you and two friends running across the street. I don't remember a single thing about them but I do remember exactly what you looked like as...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff PROWUS Presents: Best of Portland 5 Once a year, the Portland music scene does something really incredible: Our biggest and best bands pair up with the students of School of Rock...
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Action Is Eloquence: Actor Ryan McCluskey Reflects on His Part in Resident...
by Erik Henriksen The finest film ever made in which Milla Jovovich kicks a zombie Doberman in the face, Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2002 horror blockbuster Resident Evil inspired five sequels—including this...
View ArticleThanks for the Cheap Entertainment
by Anonymous Thank you for the cheap entertainment, SWF who found older graying people (men) offensive. Surprise, surprise but we ( the graybeard old farts and their graying female contemporaries)...
View ArticleYeah, Divided!!! You Bet!!
by Anonymous If one more person talks about uniting with motherfucking Trump supporters I will slam their head into a wall. I am not interested in uniting with a Trump supporter; I already know which...
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UPDATED: Portlanders Are Marching at PDX to Protest Donald Trump's Refugee Ban
by Ciara Dolan Ciara DolanUPDATED 6:30 PMGood news! Multiple outlets are now reporting that a federal judge has granted a temporary stoppage to Trump's plan to keep refugees from entering the country,...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Lizzo, Dizzy Fae Last year Minneapolis-based soul singer/rapper/flautist Lizzo dropped her major label debut, Coconut Oil, an exuberant follow-up to her 2015 full-length, Big Grrrl...
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#MuslimBan Protest Today (Sun Jan 29), 2 pm, at PDX Airport
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Yesterday's march at PDXCiara DolanAccording to one of the primary organizers of the Portland resistance movement, Gregory McKelvey, a protest is planned for today (Sun Jan 29)...
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Sunday's Trump Protest at PDX Draws Hundreds—and Some Powerful Politicians
by Dirk VanderHart Doug BrownUpdate, 4:43 pm Some protesters began blocking the lower roadway at PDX, the access point for travelers to get into the airport via automobile. PDX officials voluntarily...
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