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Judge Halts Trump's Order Blocking Federal Funding for Sanctuary Cities
by Heidi Groover Demonstrators gathered outside of Portland's ICE headquarters on March 6 to protest recent immigration enforcement. DOUG BROWNA judge has blocked an order from the Trump...
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I, Anonymous: Submit Your Rants and Raves Now!
Let us know what's on your mind - anonymously! by Amber Cortes Send us your rants, your raves, your secrets and confessions longing to breathe free. Tell us about your obnoxious customers, your...
View ArticleDear White People Is Much Better as a Netflix Series
Time to enroll in Race 101. by Jenni Moore Justin Simien’s 2014 movie Dear White People was about the politics, activism, and social scene at Winchester, a racially divided Ivy League college. In the...
View ArticleHulu’s All-Too-Relevant Handmaid’s Tale
It isn’t terrifying because it could happen. It’s terrifying because it already did. by Megan Burbank Margaret Atwood once said she based everything in The Handmaid’s Tale on something that really...
View ArticleTalking with Dash Shaw About My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
And Q-tips. by Suzette Smith I saw Dash Shaw’s animated feature film My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea at last year’s Portland International Film Festival, where I was pleased to see the...
View ArticleThe Overlook Film Festival Shines
Horror movies in the woods? WHAT COULD GO WRONG by Ben Coleman The Overlook Film Festival is four days of contemporary horror cinema contained entirely in the frosty confines of Mt. Hood’s Timberline...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
You realize it’s only a matter of time until Vin Diesel punches the Easter Bunny, right? by Ann Romano MONDAY, APRIL 17Happy Easter, everybody—that lovely time when Christians celebrate their favorite...
View ArticleChloe Eudaly Wants to Look into A City-Owned Bank
Here’s what that means. by Dirk VanderHart COMMISSIONER CHLOE EUDALY'S first order of business when taking office was to push the strongest renter protections the city’s ever seen. Her next quest...
View ArticleThe Oregon Supreme Court Just Neutered a Controversial Police Tactic
Defense attorneys and civil liberties advocates are ecstatic. by Doug Brown SEAN McNALLY did not want to leave the Portland Greyhound station that day in November 2011.McNally had argued with a ticket...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Decide the Fate of Our Schools (and Some Other Stuff Too)
Here’s how to vote on Portland’s hottest ballot measures. by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT if you have a panic attack anytime you get near a ballot these days.Last November,...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of April 26–May 2. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26SMASH the Patriarchy! Burlesque Benefit for NRO As law makers seek to strip women’s access to health care, the...
View ArticleAerating wine
Why you should get some air into your wine. by MJ Skegg You’re not supposed to put wine in a blender. But that’s what I’m doing. Pouring in half a bottle of a good Lagrein and hitting the button to...
View ArticleDialing in Chinese
Danwei Canting is off to a decent (if not amazing) start. by Andrea Damewood You can have far worse Chinese food in Portland than at Danwei Canting, but you can also do far better.Danwei Canting...
View ArticleObamacare Lives to See Another Day, But the GOP Could Still Fuck with Your...
Here’s how it might happen—and why the improbable beauty of Republican incompetence should give you hope. by Megan Burbank I still remember the first time a friend of mine reported back about getting...
View ArticleAndrea Stolowitz’s Journey Will Jolt You Awake
Charting genocide, diaspora, and family histories in Berlin Diary. by Megan Burbank When the AP releases an interview with the “president” that’s so incoherent it makes you feel more confident in a...
View ArticleSpiritrials Reveals the Reach of the War on Drugs
Spiritrials explores racism in a time of mass incarceration. by Katie Pelletier Jeff Sessions wants to bring back the War on Drugs. If you’ve forgotten about the racist legacy of these “get tough”...
View ArticleReviving the Horror and Humanity of Medea
Imago brings the classic play to its famous “floating” stage. by Thomas Ross Imago Theatre’s stage from its production of No Exit is back in action this season, but not for No Exit. Instead, Imago is...
View ArticleThis Week's Featured I, Anonymous!
“A group of fellow veterans are searching for you. If they find you, it will not be pretty.” by Anonymous Well, I hope you feel proud of yourself, asshole. I am a U.S. Navy veteran, which is likely...
View ArticleThe Party Review
We gathered to watch the rich be awarded. by D. Martin Austin “I got water in my phone because I dropped it in a toilet, right after the shrooms kicked in.” These are the words of people who refer to...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“In another couple of years we’ll have to tear down all those four-story apartment buildings and replace them with 10-story buildings.” GOATRIFICATIONRE: “Goat Blocks: A Slap in the Face to Goats and...
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