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If there had been a cultural dictionary of Portland during the 1980s, the definition of "Progressives" would have been Steve and Marcia Moskowitz.He was a brainy Reedie lawyer who left the city attorn ...
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THEN: In October 1990, the talk of the town was the trial of pudgy California neo-Nazi Tom Metzger in a wrongful death suit filed by the family of Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian student who was fatally ...
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Think WW is obsessed over The Oregonian's coverage of Neil Goldschmidt? Check out the current copy of the American Journalism Review. Inside the monthly trade journal is a 6,935-word account (more tha ...
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Multnomah County approves a new employee support group.
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Showing an astounding proclivity for inclusivity, Multnomah County's Diversity and Equity Office announced last week that a new "employee network group" has formed: "White Males Seeking Equity in ...
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"...[A]s he runs down the street toward the action something in Kenneth Mieske explodes.... [He] looks up and when he does he sees his white friend, his skinhead comrade, Kyle Brewster, struggling wit ...
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WW's biennial ranking of the metro-area legislators.
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Reader, beware: What follows is largely gossip and opinion. Every two years, the most powerful people in Oregon sit down in Salem and settle into a massive game of political poker. Thanks to those d ...
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WW's biennial ranking of the metro-area legislators.
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Senate rankings EXCELLENTMax Williams R-Tigard Third House session Overall: 8.09 Brains: 9.21 Integrity: 7.39 Diligence: 8.07 Clout: 7.68 Let's see if we've got this right: Oregon's governor, a ...
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Almost from Day 1 of the 2003 legislative session, 29-year-old state Rep. Derrick Kitts has battled the perception that he's more interested in making pals than making policy. First sessions are o ...
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At a time when we're slashing medical coverage to senior citizens, kicking music teachers out of our public schools and letting burglars roam free, does it make sense to give tax breaks to yacht o ...
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Everyone seems to agree that the Oregon Legislature broke the law, but what to do about it is another matter. A leading education group is drafting a letter; a prominent Portland lawyer is conside ...
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