Cover Story Someday soon, Gov. John Kitzhaber will sit across a conference table from Richard Sanders, the little-known man More
Your Teacher Is F’d
The Oregon Education Association gave Kitzhaber more than a million bucks, and now he’s giving it pay cuts and pink slips.
Cover Story Someday soon, Gov. John Kitzhaber will sit across a conference table from Richard Sanders, the little-known man More
Plastic Crusader
Can Stiv Wilson ban the bag in Oregon?
Cover Story The most significant Oregon environmentalist of the moment was once arrested on more than 100 counts of petty theft. When Stiv Wilson was a sophomore at the University of Montana, he and his friend More
Children Of A Higher God
The members of the Santo Daime church fought for the right to drink hallucinogenic tea. And they’re serving it to kids.
Cover Story Three times a month, the 39 members of the Church of the Divine Rose gather in a Portland VFW Hall at Southeast 9th 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
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The 10 local acts Portland’s music insiders are talking about (and listening to). Best New Band 2012
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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
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The aggressive dork CEOs spearheading Portland’s startup scene. Risky Business
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