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For the next two nights, severe winter shelters will open their doors to get homeless people off the streets during the coldest part of the day.
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Shelters and Red Cross open severe winter shelters for homeless
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For the next two nights, severe winter shelters will open their doors to get homeless people off the streets during the coldest part of the day.
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What color is your parachute? FBI asks for help in linking kids' backyard find to D.B. Cooper
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Dinosaur bones. Buried treasure. Artifacts from a by-gone era in American history. Those are some of the things children have been known to accidentally find when they muck around in the dirt making their mud pies.
And in early March, two children foun... More
Vote By Shelter
A Good Meal And A Chance To Choose Between Obama And Clinton.
News Homeless people are getting more than a warm lunch from Sisters of the Road Cafe this year. They’re getting a chance to vote. Recognizing Oregon’s vote-by-mail system requires a mailing ad ... More
Portlanders are marching for peace...right now!
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Thousands of Portlanders came out to the South Park Blocks today to protest the Iraq War despite the crappy weather, and they are marching downtown as I write this post.
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Green peace rally this Saturday
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This Saturday at the South Park Blocks, the PDX Peace Coalition as well as a number of other groups are putting on an anti-war rally to mark the fifth anniversary of the War in Iraq, which began March 20, 2003.
The organizers claim that this peace is the ... More
UPDATE, March 5: Council votes to designate Block U as site for access center
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UPDATE: 03/05/2008, 3:00 PM
The City voted unanimously today to designate Block U (bounded by Northwest Broadway, Hoyt, Irving and 6th) to be the site for an access center for the homeless.
“I'm very excited to bring this forth,”... More
Q&A: Gary smith
This Portland priest-turned-author cusses and helps African refugees.
News Gary Smith is a 70-year-old Catholic priest who says things like “Darfur is a frickin’ mess” and “humans are fucked up.” “I don’t fit the stereotype,” ... More
Popping the Collar
WW gets the LOOK treatment.
Featured Stories Most of the time I tell people to fuck off if they tell me what to wear. But I do like playing dress-up once in a while. But I will only take it so far. I’ve always thought that contemporary fas ... More
Phone Numbers
A Riddle: What’s 4,527 pages and keeps landing at our Door? Here’s another: Why?
News They’re big, they’re heavy and they take up a lot of space near your phone. If you still even have a land line. And in the Internet age, with Aunt Martha’s phone number at your Googl ... More
Has democracy been rebooted?
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It showed this morning in the banquet room at Montgomery Park that the Bus Project had thrown a party. With the tired looks and hangovers, it seemed as if some people had hung out dancing and partying until…oh, I wouldn't know…one in the morning.
(L... More
Top Articles from Amanda Waldroupe
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A Riddle: What’s 4,527 pages and keeps landing at our Door? Here’s another: Why? Vote By Shelter
A Good Meal And A Chance To Choose Between Obama And Clinton. Q&A: Gary smith
This Portland priest-turned-author cusses and helps African refugees. Popping the Collar
WW gets the LOOK treatment. Trading Spaces
The city’s new winter shelter for women found lasting homes for many. Phony Law
Cops aren’t enforcing a new ban on teens driving while on cell phones. Miles From Nowhere
Here’s why you won’t see a mileage tax in Oregon. Shelter From The Storm
The city focuses on homeless women—for the moment. Proxy For President
Portland dems hold a campaign Q&A minus the candidates. Distant Flame
Portlanders protest the 2008 Beijing Olympics and call for the U.S. to boycott the Summer Games.
A Riddle: What’s 4,527 pages and keeps landing at our Door? Here’s another: Why? Vote By Shelter
A Good Meal And A Chance To Choose Between Obama And Clinton. Q&A: Gary smith
This Portland priest-turned-author cusses and helps African refugees. Popping the Collar
WW gets the LOOK treatment. Trading Spaces
The city’s new winter shelter for women found lasting homes for many. Phony Law
Cops aren’t enforcing a new ban on teens driving while on cell phones. Miles From Nowhere
Here’s why you won’t see a mileage tax in Oregon. Shelter From The Storm
The city focuses on homeless women—for the moment. Proxy For President
Portland dems hold a campaign Q&A minus the candidates. Distant Flame
Portlanders protest the 2008 Beijing Olympics and call for the U.S. to boycott the Summer Games.
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