http://www.wweek.com/portland/articles.sec-495-1-.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT+7 en hourly 1 http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20255-miracle_on_135th_avenue_a_portland_high_school_where_students_speak_55_languages_shows_oregon_how_to.html Hae Nay Paw is trying to concentrate. A petite sophomore at David Douglas High School, she hunches over her desk, scrawling notes, a curtain of dark hair covering half her face, as if to block out]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19099-sleepless_in_abu_dhabi_an_oregon_muslim_says_he_was_jailed_and_tortured_in_the_united_arab_emirates_.html A Muslim man from Oregon says he was imprisoned and tortured for 106 days last year in the United Arab...
]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19729-portrait_of_an_arts_tax_it%E2%80%99s_not_clear_how_a_tax_on_portlanders_will_keep_its_promises_to_sc.html It used to be kids all over Portland came home from public school splattered in paint, smelling of papier-mâché paste and proudly carrying home their latest creation for the refrigerator door. A]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19745-the_power_and_the_gloria_gloria_steinem_reflects_on_40_years_fighting_for_feminism_and_freedom%E2%80.html Like most icons, Gloria Steinem is smaller than you would expect, fine boned and angular. She still parts her hair down the center...]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-19261-a_smack_in_the_kicker_a_union_backed_initiative_to_repeal_the_corporate_tax_rebate_draws_fire_from_r.html For years, state Sen. Ginny Burdick (D-Portland) has been working to get rid of one of the biggest oddities of Oregon’s income tax system, a rebate called the “kicker.” First passed by the]]> http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-4182-1983_.html