Q & A Almost four years ago, a Los Angeles County prosecutor named Richard Rosenthal was hired to head Portland's revamped civilian cop-watchdog office. Since then, he has made headlines by issuing a report ... More
RICHARD ROSENTHAL
Departing cop watchdog gives WW an exit interview.
Q & A Almost four years ago, a Los Angeles County prosecutor named Richard Rosenthal was hired to head Portland's revamped civilian cop-watchdog office. Since then, he has made headlines by issuing a report ... More
CHRISTOPHER ROOKS
Mercy Corps activist from Portland heads to Scotland for the G-8 summit (plus a close encounter with Bono?).
Q & A When leaders of the world's wealthiest countries (the so-called Group of Eight, a.k.a. G-8) meet next week in Scotland, Christopher Rooks will be front and center in the do-gooder horde to greet them. ... More
SERGEI MONYA
Blazer pick dishes on the NBA, the Rose City and benchwarming in Moscow.
Q & A As the Portland Trail Blazers plot for next week's draft, one of their top choices from 2004 is coming off a frustrating season in Russia where he was glued to the bench for Central Army Sporting Club ... More
LESLIE STEVENS
Cop defender gets ready to turn cop watchdog.
Q & A Next month, Leslie Stevens will become the new director for Portland's Independent Police Review division, a job that will require her to balance oversight of cops with fairness to those same officers ... More
Diane Linn
Multnomah County Chair in battle with colleagues and budget.
Q & A Another day, another problem for Multnomah County Chair Diane Linn, now in a standoff against three fellow commissioners, this time over the county's $320 million budget and how best to keep inmates i ... More
"TIMBER JIM" SERRILL
Portland Timbers mascot lets 'er rip.
Q & A Jim Serrill comes across most days as a mild-mannered fellow who trims trees around town. But during soccer season, Serrill transforms into "Timber Jim,'' the Portland Timbers' chainsaw-cranking masco ... More
Roey Thorpe
Are civil unions a sellout, or too much too soon? The leader of Oregon's biggest gay-rights group ponders a Freedom Summer, Karen Minnis and political reality.
Q & A With the Oregon Legislature plunging into the question of civil unions for same-sex couples with Senate Bill 1000, Basic Rights Oregon director Roey Thorpe finds herself back in the tumult.Not that Th ... More
MICHAEL TOTTEN
Local writer blogs from the heart of Lebanon's Cedar Revolution.
ALEX GIBNEY
Enron documentary director talks about PGE and Portland's role in the film.
SEBASTIAN TELFAIR
Touted Blazers rookie looks back on first year of losses, and future in Portland.
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Planned Parenthood’s president on Congress, the HPV vaccine and why men use her group’s clinics. Dwight Holton
Oregon’s top federal prosecutor on the JTTF, Portland City Council and the iPad. Sarah Weddington
What the lawyer who argued Roe V. Wade in the 1970s now thinks about the women’s movement and Barack Obama. Hotseat: David Fidanque
The head of Oregon’s ACLU calls B.S. On JTTF. Marcus Griffith
The reporter who first called B.S. on the Bethany Storro acid attack. Hotseat: Jarrett Walker
A Portland transit expert says we shouldn’t fall in love with trains when buses will do. Hotseat: Tamim Ansary
Afghanistan-born author will tell Portlanders about another history—one that’s Islamic-centered. Rev. Mark Kiyimba
On the front lines of the fight for gay rights in Uganda. Tina Franklin
Why this woman likes having other people’s babies. Hotseat: Mikey Kampmann
Portland drops at the South Pole.
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