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
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
Mohamed and “The Terror Factory”
This week’s trial will determine if the FBI entrapped the Christmas Tree Bomber.
Cover Story This week, the man federal officials say tried to bomb the Pioneer Courthouse Square Christmas tree lighting ceremony more than two years ago More
Voices 2013
In their own words, six people who insist you see Portland and Oregon in a new way.
Cover Story They are angry, agitated, wry. They are careful watchers, even obsessive witnesses, to what is odd and distracting and wrong. And they all stand on lonely promontories from which they view our cit More
Gus
Portland’s greatest filmmaker and his controversial new movie.
Cover Story What would Portland look like without Gus Van Sant? The elk statue on Southwest Main Street would still be there, but would you see it the same way if Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix hadn’t hud More
Chip Kelly’s Secret Offense
Why boosters are annoyed by the most successful football coach in Oregon’s history.
Cover Story When the Oregon Ducks plucked a little-known offensive coordinator named Chip Kelly out of the University of New Hampshire in More
The First 30 Seconds
The city hopes to shield the mentally ill from excessive force by putting the right cop on the scene.
Cover Story It’s an otherwise slow Monday night, but Officer Casey Hettman is tense. He and two other Portland police officers move through... More
Paradise City
Take me to Vancouver, where the grass is legal and gays can marry.
Cover Story Civilization beckons with red and orange lights. They’re faint at first, glowing brighter as you drive north. The little green sign marking the border sneaks up on you. “Entering Washington, More
Who Killed KPOJ?
Many see a right-wing conspiracy in the death of Portland’s commercial progressive talk-radio station. But Bain didn’t act alone.
Cover Story Carl Wolfson’s last show on KPOJ-AM 620 sounded like victory. For the past six years, Wolfson, a former standup...
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Rent A Pup
Oregon’s richest veterinarian wants to lease you a pet—but complaints dog his business.
Cover Story There’s a small storefront near the Nordstrom at Clackamas Town Center that’s hard to ignore. In the window is a gray bunny that can bounce a ball. On a recent visit... More
The King of Clackistan
Timber baron Andrew Miller wants to turn Oregon to the right. He’s starting the fight in Portland’s backyard.
Cover Story The rumble of raw logs bouncing through the sawmill’s machinery sounds like giants rolling strikes in a bowling alley. A metal lever thrusts... More
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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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