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Hey, Midwestern Transplants: You Can’t Drive in Portland Snow, Either

Well, it’s snowing in Portland, and you know what comes next: People who grew up in places where snow happens regularly emerging from the woodwork to loudly complain about how “everything shuts down over a few measly inches” and “no one here can drive in the snow.”

Opinion: Your Artsy Wildfire Instagram Posts Are Trivializing a Tragedy—and Retraumatizing Evacuees

We’ve all seen them by now. The orange skies. The quirky captions. Maybe even a thoughtful pose. Wildfire photos have started to feel inescapable on Instagram. In this moment of extraordinary tragedy, amateur photographers are scrambling to take over hashtags and gain followers. And it pisses me off.

Portland Man Gets Paid to Broadcast His Opinions Around the Country

The Columbia Journalism Review this week highlighted an entrepreneurial Portlander who’s picking up the slack for newspapers around the country that can no longer afford to employ enough editorial writers. The CJR story begins: “Last month, an unusual disclaimer began popping up below select editorials in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ‘This editorial,’ it read, in parentheses, … Continue reading Portland Man Gets Paid to Broadcast His Opinions Around the Country

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A Portland Parent Found Her Daughter’s Textbook Racist. Her Teacher Has a Contract That Says He Could Use It Anyway.

A bronze bust of York, an enslaved member of the Corps of Discovery, has drawn visitors to Mount Tabor since it was anonymously installed last month. The debate over how history is portrayed is also occurring in Portland's classrooms. (Justin Yau)

For Nearly a Year, Teenagers Have Been Robbing Portland Dispensaries. Then Somebody Shot a Budtender.

IN MEMORIAM: Jina Yoo, the owner of Cured Green, holds up artwork of her employee and longtime friend, Michael Arthur, who died during an armed robbery in the store on Dec. 14. (Wesley Lapointe)

Time Lapsed Between Land Purchase and Groundbreaking for a Portland Housing Development? 1,483 Days

SHOVEL ALMOST READY: A housing project is running behind. (Rosie Struve)

Face Masks Aren’t Going Out of Style. Maybe You Should Wear Two.

RAMONA THE PEST: If she can wear a mask outside, so can you. (Brian Burk)

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