News The icon of a street prostitute, waiting languidly for eye contact on the sidewalk, seems a little ragged and outdated in Portland's 21st-century sex industry.Police say more discreet options like lin ...   More

News It's a small act of rebellion that nobody at Providence hospitals wants to talk about: At least three physicians employed by Providence have defied the spirit, if not the letter, of their employer's b ...   More

News Twelve thousand, nine hundred and fifty-four men and women call the Oregon prison system their home. Murderers like Ward Weaver, Christian Longo and Keith Hunter Jesperson, the "Happy Face Killer." Se ...   More

News Local defense lawyers are grinning over a recent Multnomah County circuit court judge's ruling that a state law against running from police violates the Oregon Constitution.The decision won't set a le ...   More

News Flophouse. Welfare hotel.Those names are a slap in the face to Debbie Allen, who uses the word "home" to describe the Westwind Apartments on Northwest 6th Avenue.Allen disagrees with city officials wh ...   More

News As a chaplain in the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Army Capt. James Yee was surprised by how guards abused Muslim prisoners. Yee, a 37-year-old Muslim convert, was even more sur ...   More

News Two programs helping seniors and the disabled have been asked to leave the YWCA's downtown building a year before their leases expire.The request from Adella MacDonald, executive director of the YWCA ...   More

News AyudaEs ilegal que te obliguen a trabajar o prestar servicios sexuales para pagar una deuda. Si has sido víctima del tráfico humano, o conoces a alguien que ha sido víctima, puede ...   More

News Multnomah County's corps of judges is much less racially diverse than the county's population, or the defendants who pass through its courtrooms.The county's head count is 5.7 percent African-American ...   More

News City Council will consider an ordinance that would hobble a small business writing $50 parking tickets in private lots, perhaps forcing lot owners to use a worse alternative for consumers: towing firm ...   More