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Portland Police Advise iPhone Users Not To Stare, Zombielike, At Their Devices

News Portland police yesterday announced that they'd caught that most elusive brand of criminal, the smar... More

May 25, 2012 12:32 pm by COREY PEIN | Comments 1

Oswego Lake Access Issue Heads to Federal Court

Lawsuit says the city has a responsibility to “protect and preserve the public’s right of access to and use of the Lake.”

News A federal judge may decide if Oswego Lake is open to the public. A lawsuit filed this morning in U.... More

May 24, 2012 01:16 pm by Martin Cizmar | Comments 9

Oregonian's Sister Paper To Cease Daily Publication; Updated

News In another sign of the difficult financial realities for print newspapers, the New Orleans Times-Pic... More

May 24, 2012 09:20 am by NIGEL JAQUISS | Comments 2

Oregon Senators Back Bill Aimed At Citizens United

News Speaking of money in politics… U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is among those speaking on the Senate... More

May 23, 2012 11:08 am by Corey Pein | Comments 0

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Hotseat: Occupy the Law

First Amendment experts talk protest tactics and free speech.

Hot Seat Occupy Portland has commanded media attention by camping in two city parks for 39 days, staging marches downtown and, last week, taking their protest inside local bank branches. Both the U.S. and Oreg More

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 COREY PEIN

Hotseat: Edward Glaeser

A Harvard economist says what we think about urban life may be wrong.

Hot Seat Go ahead, keep on thinking the world’s big cities are dangerous and unhealthy, that they increase alienation and poverty. Edward Glaeser wants you to know the truth. Glaeser, a Harvard economist, More

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 BRENT WALTH

Hotseat: Jody Williams

A Nobel Peace Prize winner who threatened to fry Canada’s prime minister.

Hot Seat Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams wasn’t always so anti-authoritarian and outspoken. Williams, who is speaking in Portland this week, says she worried about getting in trouble growing More

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 NATHAN GILLES

Van Jones

What Obama’s ex-environmental adviser plans to tell Portland about the green economy.

Hot Seat Van Jones says he isn’t bitter that he’s no longer President Obama’s environmental adviser and green-jobs guru. Jones, who will be speaking in Portland on Jan. 25, has certainly mov ... More

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 STACY BROWNHILL