Dialogue
Readers Respond to the Portland Chicken
When the going gets weird, the weird turn chicken.
Readers Respond to Standoff on the South Waterfront
"History will judge the people of today for whether they did or did not resist the coming dictatorship of Trump, just as we who resisted Nixon have been judged."
Readers Respond to Jimmy Kimmel’s Brief Portland Blackout
“The issue is corporate control and consolidation of the airwaves and corporate America’s willingness to kowtow at the expense of our rights.”
Readers Respond to Providence Operating in the Red
What exactly is to blame for Providence’s plight? Here’s what our readers had to say.
Readers Respond to Oregon’s Stagnation
The late Gov. Tom McCall famously wanted people to visit Oregon but not stay. It took a while, but his wish came true.
Readers Respond to Conditions at the Rockwood Tower Homeless Shelter
Readers respond to the conditions at an embattled shelter in the Rockwood neighborhood.
Readers Respond to the Faltering of Gateway
Last week, WW examined the state of East Portland’s Gateway neighborhood, which lies east of Interstate 205 and is plagued by crime, homelessness and most recently, the impending closure of the Gateway Fred Meyer.
Readers Respond to the Investigation of Leslee Barnes
Last week, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson approved an ethics investigation conducted by an outside law firm, spurred by a revelation in WW.
Readers Respond to Pool Halls and Poor Investments
“This is like an article about baseball in New York that never mentions the Yankees. And I HATE the Yankees!”
The Longtime Booker for Satyricon Remembers John Graham
"Portland in the ’90s was just a fantastic place for music and art."
Readers Respond to the Potential Uprooting of the Portland Trail Blazers
“I can’t recall the last time I yanked a WW out of the box so fast then started reading the thing right in front of the box.”
Readers Continue to Debate Socialism
"In my opinion, it is not socialism we should be afraid of, but fascism and a government intent on accruing the most wealth for the very few on the backs of the many millions of the rest of us."