Willamette Week

Don’t Worry, Be Nike: Oregon’s Flagship Company Has Done Wrong. Why Aren’t Its Employees Resisting?

Some of your fellow Portlanders are living with a guilty secret.

Multnomah County Warns of “Worrisome” Increase in Cases of HIV

The county cites drug use as the most common factor, but urges that everyone at risk get tested.

Wilson High School’s Acting Principal Resigns Amid an Investigation Into Her Actions Inside an Evidence Room

WW asked Portland Public Schools if she was being investigated for taking narcotics from the high school’s evidence room.

Portlanders Call 911 to Report “Unwanted” People More Than Any Other Reason. We Listened In.

Here’s what it sounds like when Portland calls the cops.

Oregonians Pay Way More Than They Should For Insulin. One Couple Is Fighting to Change That.

U.S. insulin prices, which are four times higher than prices in other developed countries, are an enduring mystery. Two Oregonians say they have solved the puzzle.

Murmurs: Court Extends Restraining Order Against John Bradley

In other news: City will add needle drop sites at every Portland fire station.

A Beaverton Couple Is About to Gather Signatures to Legalize the Therapeutic Use of Psychedelic Mushrooms in Oregon

Beaverton counselors Tom and Sheri Eckert are drafting a proposal for a ballot measure that would legalize therapeutic psilocybin—hallucinogenic mushrooms—in Oregon, The Register Guard first reported.

Forget the “Cloud”—Changing Healthcare Tech Will Depend on People Skills

Culture trumps strategy, says design maven Meghann Dryer. Unless a company is paying close attention to its people and culture, it’s at risk.

Twice as Many Oregonians Are Dying From Meth Than From Heroin, and the Fatalities Are Rising

“Everybody has meth around here — everybody.”

Oregon Just Became the First State to Defelonize Hard Drugs

Last June, Oregon’s police chief and sheriff associations wrote an extraordinary letter to a state senator. The idea they proposed was in many ways obvious.

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