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The Russian Mob Comes to Town With a New Scam—Medical Identity Theft
The ease with which organized crime bilked the feds illustrates in part why healthcare costs are soaring.
Salem Hospital “Cuckoo’s Nest”
“It’s like being in the world around people again. The people are nice, a little crazy sometimes, but isn’t everybody?”
The Oregon Lottery Is Going Into Detox
We published this story in 2008, as Oregon was about to enter a very peculiar phase, in which the vice it deplores threatened the vice it adores.
The Long Goodbye
“I wrote about a horrible murder/suicide. It is the only murder story I have ever written. I was so haunted by it that I knew I could never do another.”
Anti-Vaccination Ideas Flourish at Private and Charter Schools
Parents say fears are overblown.
City of Bridges
The Willamette divides us. Look closer at the spans that connect us.
A WW Staffer Breaks the Law and Loses Her Balance
You might recognize slacklining as an activity from Colonel Summers Park, with dreaded-out tokers traversing a rope strung between two trees.
Journalist and Lefty Agitator John Reed Gave Turn-of-Last-Century Portland a Good Hard Shake
Unless you go to Moscow, you can’t pay homage at his grave—but you can check out his local haunts.
12 Wonders of Portland Food
The stories behind the city’s most iconic dishes.
W vs. PDX
This story first appeared in the Oct. 6, 2004 edition of WW.
Why Did These 10 Men Die?
This story first appeared in the June 18, 1997 edition of WW.
Read WW’s Earliest Interview With Dan Handelman
Dan Handelman died last week at age 60. His earliest foray into public life came as an anti-war activist at the turn of the millennium—a time when the White House was laying the groundwork to overthrow Saddam Hussein.