Cover Story You won’t believe who is in Brian Wannamaker’s basement. Against one wall, Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock plays electric guitar next to a wild boar. Nearby, rock chanteuse Storm Large bel More
Rise of the Falcon
Can one man’s millions keep struggling Portland artists aloft?
Cover Story You won’t believe who is in Brian Wannamaker’s basement. Against one wall, Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock plays electric guitar next to a wild boar. Nearby, rock chanteuse Storm Large bel More
The Hard Truth About Oregon's Prisons: They Work
So why does Gov. John Kitzhaber want to “reform” them?
Cover Story Oregon has one of America’s best prison systems. Gov. John Kitzhaber knows that. After all, he helped build it. When Kitzhaber was governor from 1995 to 2003, he spent hundreds of millions More
Who Wants to Save a Junkie?
Oregon can, with one simple step. So far, it hasn’t.
Cover Story Dr. Gary Oxman spent his career trying to save people who don’t care whether they live or die. Oxman—who just retired as health officer for Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties—has More
The Woman Behind the Bridge
The force behind Oregon’s massive freeway project works for the governor—and a private company that wants it built.
Cover Story On Feb. 11, Gov. John Kitzhaber strode into a legislative hearing and made his strongest pitch yet for the massive highway project called the Columbia River Crossing.
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Endo Days
Hit the black lights, weed is almost legal. Forget everything you know about pot culture.
Cover Story The highs, they are a-changin’. On Nov. 6, 2012, America’s relationship with marijuana entered a hazy new era. Two states, including Oregon’s northern neighbor, voted to legalize pot, si More
Miracle on 135th Avenue
A Portland high school where students speak 55 languages shows Oregon how to reform education.
Cover Story Hae Nay Paw is trying to concentrate. A petite sophomore at David Douglas High School, she hunches over her desk, scrawling notes, a curtain of dark hair covering half her face, as if to block out More
1 in 3
Those are the odds a woman on this planet will face abuse in her lifetime. V-Day is your chance to do something about it.
Cover Story One in three. One-third of all women worldwide—let’s call it an even 1 billion—will be victims of violence because they are women. You could get depressed or apathetic when you see that ov More
Return of Chucky
Portland needs to make big spending cuts. New mayor Charlie Hales is swinging the ax.
Cover Story Portland City Hall is awfully quiet for a palace amid a revolution. Since the start of the year, the place has felt like a barely solvent art gallery sold to absentee bankers. Outside the mayor’ More
Winter Guide 2013
Indoor bikes, trash-bag sleds and settling Catan.
Cover Story Let’s not sugarcoat the obvious: Winter in Portland is something to escape. Sure, we don’t have those malevolent Chicago winds that pierce the thickest wool and carve out pieces of bone. Our More
Wrecking Crew
Gov. John Kitzhaber hired Rudy Crew to smash the status quo in Oregon schools. What comes after that?
Cover Story Anybody who thinks there are no second acts in American life should consider Rudolph Franklin Crew. Crew is a leading figure in the national education reform movement. Over the past 30 years, he More
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