Cover Story Rep. David Wu says spasms of severe neck pain caused him to seek painkillers from a donor in a pre-election episode one week before he won re-election Nov. 2. The Oregon Democrat now acknowledges t More
Strange Wu
Why did Congressman David Wu think staffers “threatened to shut down his campaign”?
Cover Story Rep. David Wu says spasms of severe neck pain caused him to seek painkillers from a donor in a pre-election episode one week before he won re-election Nov. 2. The Oregon Democrat now acknowledges t More
Sum Of Sam
We ask Mayor Sam Adams about his political future, marijuana, cop shootings, leaf fees, the crappy economy, bikes and media coverage of him. We also ask whatever happened to “Mike and Jean.” He wasn’t happy about that last question.
Elizabeth Lynn Dunham: May 12, 1961-Jan. 16, 2011
More Than a Victim.
Cover Story On Jan. 23, The Sunday Oregonian published an obituary for Elizabeth Dunham, who had died a week earlier at 49. Nothing in the five-paragraph obit indicated that when she died, Dunham More
Hiding In America
For a child of illegal immigrants, life remains in the shadows.
Cover Story In some ways, Cecilia Gomez lives the American dream. In her early 20s, she’s risen to the ranks of manager at her job. She has the material trappings of a middle-class life: a car, a house, a cell More
Weed, The People
Meet the Oregonians driving the marijuana marketplace.
Cover Story Photographs by LeahNash.comAfter two years of being unemployed, Kat Cambron recently borrowed $15,000 from her family, friends and credit cards and invested in marijuana. An irrepressibly cheerful ex- ... More
Goodbye, Guv
Ted Kulongoski’s take on what’s wrong with unions, higher ed and Oregon business. He also discusses his need to buy a toilet brush.
Cover Story Nearly 40 years after he entered public office, the man with the most diverse résumé in recent Oregon political history is done. And with his public career complete, the often-reticent ... More
Drawn Out
2010 in comics.
Cover Story View the slide show in full screen for best effect! ... More
The True Meaning of Christmas
Holiday tales about a monk, drunks and a megastore flunky.
Cover Story OK, so maybe it’s not such a wonderful life. You’re broke and don’t feel like holiday shopping, even for a refrigerator magnet. You hate the whole season as one more contrived reason ... More
Cartpocalypse!
Randy Leonard isn’t the only problem facing Portland’s food carts.
Cover Story Gregg Abbott is perched over his Samsung Android at a wooden picnic table outside his Whiffies Fried Pies truck, parked in a vacant Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard lot called Cartopia. It’s a Mond ... More
Duck Tales
Take a trip inside an Oregon football fan’s troubled mind.
Cover Story Photos By Rachelle HacmacHere’s a guess: You’ve got a passion, an obsession that gets your heart pounding and lets you endure the humdrum of work, home, sleep, work, home, sleep. Maybe it& ... More
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Best New Band 2011
The 10 local acts Portland’s music insiders are talking about (and listening to). Best New Band 2012
10 local acts that Portland’s music insiders think you should hear. Election is Coming
For the City Hall throne and other races, we reveal our picks for the 2012 primary. Elizabeth Lynn Dunham: May 12, 1961-Jan. 16, 2011
More Than a Victim. The Other Portland
It’s poor, it’s dangerous, it’s growing like crazy—and it’s more important than ever. Tech Wizards of the Silicon Forest
The aggressive dork CEOs spearheading Portland’s startup scene. Risky Business
There’s a time for playing it safe... and our 2012 Endorsement Issue says this is one of them. Cheat Local!
Portland helped make Groupon a giant. Here’s how local businesses get crushed. Renter’s Hell
Portlanders pay a steep price in the nation’s toughest rental market.
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