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WW’s 10 Most Read Stories of 2018

The most read stories on wweek.com show a year of comeuppances, closures and clobberings.

Portland Commissioner-Elect Jo Ann Hardesty Tells Mayor: Protest Restrictions Are Likely to Be Unequally Enforced

“We see how police show up when white women protest and when people of color protest.”

Portland Mayor Goes on NBC News to Tout His Plan to Keep Brawling Protesters Apart

The primetime appearance comes even as Wheeler becomes a nationally polarizing figure.

Portland Braces for Street Clash as Proud Boys and Antifascists Rally Their Troops for Waterfront Protests

“Everyone should be carrying around guns at all times.”

Murmurs: Portland Braces for Street Clash

In other news: A consultant recommends more power for the Portland mayor.

Portland Police Declare a Riot After Right-Wing Marchers Begin Beating Antifascists with Flag Poles

Homeland Security officers fired pepper balls into a crowd of leftist protesters.

Portland Man Tells The Guardian He Was Randomly Punched in the Face by Right-Wing Goons Yelling “Build the Wall”

The alleged assailant in the June 8 attack is Tusitala “Tiny” Toese, the de facto bodyguard for U.S. Senate candidate Joey Gibson.

Dueling Radicals Maul Each Other in Downtown Portland as a Political Rivalry Is Bloodily Renewed

Patriot Prayer and Antifa have regularly behaved more like street gangs than political movements.

A Right-Wing Agitator is Running for U.S. Senate. Here’s a Timeline of the Street Brawls His Group Has Started in Portland.

When Washington’s notorious Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson announced his bid for U.S. Senate in downtown Vancouver last Sunday, he was met with chants of “U-S-A,” from a group of roughly 100 supporters, The Oregonian first reported.

June 4: Portlanders Confront White Nationalists Over Free Speech

Eight days after the MAX stabbings, Portlanders stood united against a movement that thrived on hate.