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Your week in review for Mon Sept 5 to Fri Sept 9!

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WORDS BY ERICA ORDWAY

After a Portland musician's apology on Facebook for sexually assaulting a woman went viral, another woman has come forward, alleging that he raped her in 2010. It's truly awful. Stay safe out there.

MONDAY

Here's what Phyllis Schlafly will be remembered for.

FOR THE LOVE OF TRUMP: Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly passed away at the age of 92. Here are some of her greatest hits, in case you're too young to remember.

TUESDAY

Coming back from the three-day weekend like... #labordayweekend #threedayweekend #trainwreck

A photo posted by Portland Mercury (@portlandmercury) on Sep 6, 2016 at 12:49pm PDT

Throwback to #thatpnwrock 📷: @_mintken_

A photo posted by M a c k a y l a G e n e s e a (@themac10) on Nov 14, 2015 at 9:03am PST

GOODBYE, NATURE:Some stupid assholes destroyed Instagram's favorite Oregon rock formation. Because assholes.

WEDNESDAY

JEREMY EATON

STOP DEMOLISHING PORTLAND:Portland's oldest buildings just got harder to kill.

THURSDAY

DON'T MOVE TO PORTLAND: Portland's housing crisis has gotten so bad that some tenants are resorting to landlord shaming. Above: The flyer some East Portland tenants have been posting in their rent-hiking landlord's neighborhood.

FRIDAY

ADAM WICKHAM

HOMELESSNESS:Eighty-eight people died while homeless in Multnomah County last year. "That's 32 more than the year before," wrote Dirk VanderHart, adding, "The county's been doing these reports since 2011, and this is by far the highest number it found. Despite a one-year improvement in 2013, there's been an average of 16 percent increase in the number of people who die homeless in Multnomah County since 2011."

SO LONG, FAREWELL:

Today we say goodbye to our copy chief of eleven years, Courtney Ferguson. WE MISS YOU ALREADY. 😭💖👋

A photo posted by Portland Mercury (@portlandmercury) on Sep 9, 2016 at 2:52pm PDT

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