News When he ran for office, Attorney General John Kroger said the state’s prosecution of polluters... More
The Would-Be Toxic Avenger
Attorney General John Kroger campaigned on a promise to put polluters behind bars. So why hasn’t he prosecuted a big case?
News When he ran for office, Attorney General John Kroger said the state’s prosecution of polluters... More
Cookies for All: Girl Scouts of Oregon Looks to Create a Stated Policy on Transgender Youth
News The Girl Scouts of Colorado released a statement Thursday supporting the inclusion of transgendered girls in its youth programs. The scouts responded to a female-identifying 7-year-old who was denied enrollment in a Colorado troop because she is biologically male."Girl Scouts is an inclusive organization, and we accept all girls in kindergarten through 12th grade as members," the statement says. "... More
In Unsafe Hands
After sex abuse charges, a Lake Oswego au pair agency denies placing a woman in harm’s way.
News She was 18 when she came to Oregon from Germany as an au pair and moved in with an Intel manager and his family in September 2010. She agreed to provide live-in child care so she could go to school More
Dye Job
Dosha, a popular salon and spa, is divided over a union vote and how pro-labor workers are treated.
News Before she went to work at Dosha Salon Spa on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard in August, Mary Christ had heard about... More
Traci Manning Appointed Director for the Portland Housing Bureau
News City Commissioner Nick Fish has named a top official of Central City Concern, a local social service agency that deals with homelessness and addiction issues, as the city's new director of its Bureau of Housing.
Traci Manning takes over the bureau as Fish is promoting his new anti-housing discrimination plan and is struggl... More
The Right Stuffing
For do-it-yourself taxidermists, hope is a thing with feathers—or fur and sometimes horns.
News Emily Humphries removes a frozen crow from her kitchen freezer, places it on a metal workbench in her garage and lights a scented candle.
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Live Review: John Prine and Ani DiFranco at Edgefield, Saturday, Sept. 10
Music As the rest of us were running around downtown for MFNW, our intern Shae was kicking it in the woods with a folk legend. Here's what she heard and saw (because the cell phone photo doesn't exactly do it justice).Ani DiFranco stepped onto the Edgefield stage at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday to a sweaty and eager crowd. With highs in the upper 90s, the general admission ticket-holders melted across ... More
Homeless On Wheels
More people, including families, are living in their vehicles around Portland.
News Chris Nguyen is a Lincoln High School sophomore who wants to be a civil engineer. He likes to make bows and arrows, scale models of catapults and other medieval weaponry More
The Help
Awarding no prizes for white guilt.
Movie Reviews & Stories Give a white male director a script about Southern racism and nine times out of 10 he’ll hand you back the story of an enlightened sports team wrapped in a flashy soundtrack. Director Ta More
I Speak for Myself Maria Ebrahimji & Zahra Suratwala
Their lips are moving, but nothin’ is coming out.
Books I can just see it now: There she is with her braces and acne, nervously scanning the lunchroom for a seat at the table—their table. Then it happens: the eye-rolling, the scoffing and the laughter. "
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Top Articles from SHAE HEALEY
The Right Stuffing
For do-it-yourself taxidermists, hope is a thing with feathers—or fur and sometimes horns. At A Loss For Words
Bad business choices and lost relevance doom the West Coast’s last feminist bookstore. Homeless On Wheels
More people, including families, are living in their vehicles around Portland. Block Buster
How does Last Thursday still get away without permits? The Would-Be Toxic Avenger
Attorney General John Kroger campaigned on a promise to put polluters behind bars. So why hasn’t he prosecuted a big case? Dye Job
Dosha, a popular salon and spa, is divided over a union vote and how pro-labor workers are treated. In Unsafe Hands
After sex abuse charges, a Lake Oswego au pair agency denies placing a woman in harm’s way. Miranda Kennedy Sideways On A Scooter
Eat, pray, improved. The Help
Awarding no prizes for white guilt. I Speak for Myself Maria Ebrahimji & Zahra Suratwala
Their lips are moving, but nothin’ is coming out.
For do-it-yourself taxidermists, hope is a thing with feathers—or fur and sometimes horns. At A Loss For Words
Bad business choices and lost relevance doom the West Coast’s last feminist bookstore. Homeless On Wheels
More people, including families, are living in their vehicles around Portland. Block Buster
How does Last Thursday still get away without permits? The Would-Be Toxic Avenger
Attorney General John Kroger campaigned on a promise to put polluters behind bars. So why hasn’t he prosecuted a big case? Dye Job
Dosha, a popular salon and spa, is divided over a union vote and how pro-labor workers are treated. In Unsafe Hands
After sex abuse charges, a Lake Oswego au pair agency denies placing a woman in harm’s way. Miranda Kennedy Sideways On A Scooter
Eat, pray, improved. The Help
Awarding no prizes for white guilt. I Speak for Myself Maria Ebrahimji & Zahra Suratwala
Their lips are moving, but nothin’ is coming out.
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