Saturday, May 26

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: F.W. de Klerk

The Nobel Laureate and last white president of South Africa talks cultural identity and Obama’s prize.


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In South Africa, F.W. de Klerk was an unlikely reformer. He had risen in that country’s white-minority power politics...   More
 
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 PATRICIA SAUTHOFF

Hotseat: Mikey Kampmann

Portland drops at the South Pole.


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In late October, Mikey Kampmann left Southeast Portland’s Clinton Street neighborhood for a summer vacation of sorts. Kampmann, a 25-year-old comic and occasional Portlandia cast member, is sp   More
 
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 PATRICIA SAUTHOFF

Hotseat: Jarrett Walker

A Portland transit expert says we shouldn’t fall in love with trains when buses will do.


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Jarrett Walker says he first fell in love with mass transit when he started riding buses around Portland at age 10. By age 14, he was calling TriMet to ask questions and offer suggestions for im   More
 
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 EMILY GREEN

Hotseat: Cecile Richards

Planned Parenthood’s president on Congress, the HPV vaccine and why men use her group’s clinics.


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When WW compares Oregon and Texas, Cecile Richards gets a little defensive. “Why does everybody always pick on Texas?”   More
 
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 PATRICIA SAUTHOFF

Hotseat: Evgeny Morozov

The revolution may not be televised, but here’s one man who says it’s not going to be posted on social media, either.


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Amid the torrent of words praising social media’s role in helping to overthrow governments, Evgeny Morozov has a different take.  Morozov, who speaks in Portland Wednesday, April 6, contrasts   More
 
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 NATHAN GILLES

Hotseat: Tamim Ansary

Afghanistan-born author will tell Portlanders about another history—one that’s Islamic-centered.


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Tamim Ansary captured wide notice in the United States after 9/11, when his email to friends declaring his hate for the Taliban and Osama bin Laden went viral. The Afghanistan-born Ansary followed    More
 
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 TIFFANY STUBBERT

Hotseat: David Fidanque

The head of Oregon’s ACLU calls B.S. On JTTF.


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Later this month, City Council will determine whether Portland remains the only major U.S. city that refuses to assign police officers to the feds’ Joint Terrorism Task Force. In 2005, then-Mayor   More
 
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 MARK ZUSMAN, HANK STERN

Dwight Holton

Oregon’s top federal prosecutor on the JTTF, Portland City Council and the iPad.


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The point man for those urging Portland to rejoin the Joint Terrorism Task Force is Dwight Holton. The 45-year-old interim U.S. attorney for Oregon,    More
 
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 NIGEL JAQUISS , MARK ZUSMAN, HANK STERN

Rev. Mark Kiyimba

On the front lines of the fight for gay rights in Uganda.


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The stakes are high for Rev. Mark Kiyimba and his fellow gay-rights activists. And their allies at home in Uganda are few, says Kiyimba, who will be in Portland Nov. 5-7 as part of a U.S. tour to spre ...   More
 
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Jacob Pierce

Tina Franklin

Why this woman likes having other people’s babies.


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If Tina Franklin could be pregnant every day for the rest of her life, she would. The 37-year-old has given birth to 10 children over the past 18 years. The first three were her own. She is raising t ...   More
 
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Christina Cooke
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