If Masks Don’t Protect Against Tear Gas, Why Would They Work for COVID-19?

The number of people who would have to sneeze on you all at once to equal the droplet concentration you experience downwind of one CS canister could populate a small city.

Lives Changed by an Uprising

It will be impossible to forget the sight of mothers in gas masks confronting the federal government.

Portland Environmental Groups Sue the Department of Homeland Security for Polluting the Willamette River With Chemicals Deployed During Protests

Mayor Ted Wheeler Directs Portland Police Bureau to Stop Using Tear Gas at Protests

Murmurs: State Troopers Calm Protest Zone

In other news: Parent complains about Comcast internet speed.

Portland Police Used Tear Gas Nearly 100 Times Since May, According to Portland State University Analysis

Mayor Ted Wheeler Apologizes for Portland Police Bureau’s Excessive Use of Tear Gas

Into the Gas: Night After Night, Portlanders Confront Trump’s Violent Police in Downtown. It Feels Like a Party, and the End of the World.

“It’s a society being built,” says Mac Smiff, a Portland-based activist. “We’re not holding our city hostage. We’re saying we are the city.”