Five Reasons To Turn On Your TV In 2007

DVD & TV 1. Ken Burns Goes to WarCome September 2007, master documentarian Ken Burns turns his skillful eye and archival prowess to one of America's most played-out subjects: World War II. In a seven-part seri ... More

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 Ryan Hume

LESLIE FRANE

This Labor Day, one union leader is confident organized labor can pick up the pieces.

Q & A Leslie Frane, executive director of Oregon's Service Employees International Union Local 503 since 2002, is used to bad news in the American labor movement.The share of U.S. workers who belong to unio ... More

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Ryan Hume

RIDING HERD

Cyclists pressing for crackdown on bike-unfriendly motorists.

News Bicyclist Steven Brown's recent descent down a hill on Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard nearly ended on the back bumper of a black SUV.Brown recalls how the SUV passed him tightly on a blind turn, then ... More

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 Ryan Hume

TWO WHEELS, TOO FURIOUS

Cyclists feeling left out on new and "improved" St. Johns Bridge.

News Local cyclists are spinning their wheels in anger at the restriping of four lanes of traffic-with no room for bicycles-on the renovated St. Johns Bridge.Cyclists say the no-bike-lanes decision by the ... More

Wednesday, August 3, 2005 Ryan Hume

STRANGE BASEFELLOWS

Politicians up in arms about proposed Portland base closure.

News If nothing else, the U.S. Defense Department's proposed closure of Portland's Air National Guard base has united Oregon's usually fractious Republicans and Democrats in opposition.Representatives of t ... More

Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Ryan Hume