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The 20 Moments That Made Portland Famous in the Past 10 Years

As the decade closes, no American city plays such an outsized role in the national imagination.

After Six Days, Portland’s ICE Blockade Is a City of More Than 80 Tents

Occupy ICE now includes a medic’s office and a commissary, barricaded by wooden pallets.

The Arrest of a Portland Protester Could Change How Prosecutors Charge Unruly Suspects

On May 1, 2012, five months after the end of the Occupy Portland camps, Catherine Garcia went into the streets of downtown Portland to protest Wall Street bailouts. It didn’t go well: She was arrested by Portland police after allegedly leaping onto the back of her boyfriend while a cop was trying to handcuff him. … Continue reading The Arrest of a Portland Protester Could Change How Prosecutors Charge Unruly Suspects

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