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Portland Author and Wife of Ristretto Roasters Owner Sparks Controversy With YouTube Videos Discrediting Prominent Sexual Assault Survivors

A new video blog launched by Portland author Nancy Rommelmann and national freelance columnist Leah McSweeney has sparked protests for its defense of prominent men who have been accused of sexual assault.

Portland Burgerville Workers Go on Strike Over Company Ban on Political Buttons

Burgerville workers at the chain’s Montavilla and 92nd and Powell locations today went on strike in protest of a recent company ban on political buttons.

Portland Burgerville Workers Union Threatens Legal Action After Companywide Ban on Wearing Political Buttons

According to a release today from Emmett Schlenz, a spokesperson for the Burvergille Workers Union, after learning about the corporate button ban, “The union is actively considering legal options.”

Video: Why is Patagonia Having the Best Sales Year Ever? The Company is Suing the White House.

In December, Patagonia launched a lawsuit against the White House for reversing the national monument designation of Bears Ears in Utah.

Southeast Portland Burgerville Employees Vote to Become the Nation’s First Fast Food Union

Burgerville workers at the chain’s 92nd and Powell Street location just voted 18-4 to unionize. The store is now the only fast food union in the nation with formal recognition.

Gladstone Burgerville Joins Southeast Portland Store in Filing For Election to Unionize

Employees at the Gladstone Burgerville today filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Best-Selling Novelist Boycotts Heathman Hotel Over Trump-Supporting Operator

Last night, best-selling comic fantasy author Christopher Moore tweeted that for the first time in his career, he would not stay at Portland’s Heathman Hotel when he visits Portland this April on a book tour.

Is There a Public Listing of Local Business Owners Who Voted for Trump So I Can Boycott Them?

Until the late 19th century, each party would print its own pre-filled ballots, which were easily distinguishable from their rivals’ slates by color. Anyone hanging around the polls could easily tell who you’d voted for.

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