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Did the Democratic Party Just Endorse Legalization?
by Vince Sliwoski Dear Pot Lawyer,Did the Democratic Party just endorse national legalization of weed?NO, BUT the party added “marijuana law reform” as a platform plank to be adopted this month. It’s...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Taking a Break, Breaking a Heart, Casting a...
by Dan Savage I hate to bother you with this issue but I lack the relationship experience to properly understand what is going on right now. Heterosexual male, 22, dating a heterosexual (assuming)...
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Republicans Harrumph Over "Un-American" Acts Such as Breathing
by Matt Baume Amber waves of smog.Phonix_a Pk.saroteGo ahead and take a deep breath, ahhhh, in and out. Feels good, doesn't it? YOU COMMUNIST.House Republicans hassled the EPA at a hearing this week,...
View ArticleHouse Dems Boo Sanders
by Dan Savage Politico:Sen. Bernie Sanders is still talking like a guy who's running for president. But frustrated House Democrats—who booed him at one point during a morning meeting—say it's time to...
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City Commissioners Just Shot Down Proposed Minimum Parking Requirements for...
by Dirk VanderHart Alex DeSpainWhat a difference a housing crisis makes. A little more than three years ago, faced with neighbors beset by new apartments and tightening on-street parking availability,...
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Good Morning, News: NW Portland Parking, Damian Lillard's Concert, and Yet...
by Doug Brown The Hansen Building, a new homeless shelterMultnomah CountyGood morning, Portland. ICYMI: "There's (Finallly) A Homeless Shelter Coming to East Portland." The Hansen Building, the...
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 5: Tinariwen
by Ned Lannamann Todd CooperWould you believe that Pickathon is less than a month away? It is, and although that's very good news, it also means we're getting closer than ever to the end of our...
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This New Multnomah County Library Logo Cost $30,000. Thoughts?
by Dirk VanderHart Multnomah County LibraryIn case you haven't seen, your Multnomah County Library system unveiled a brand-new logo this week! It's three interlocking polygons, each of them costing...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Bonus Advice From Esther Perel for...
by Dan Savage The first question in Savage Love this week is from HAD, aka "Heartbroken And Devastated," a man who discovered 17 years into his relationship—and 14 years into his marriage—that his...
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Furious Police Officer Speaks Out: "How Dare You Stand Next to Me in the Same...
by Ansel Herz "You have no business being a police officer."Nakia Jones/YouTubeWatch this whole thing. The woman speaking is Nakia Jones, the only black and female police officer in the Cleveland...
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Hillary to be Endorsed by Unknown Vermont Senator Bernie Something
by Matt Baume With each passing day, fewer and fewer of us are.Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.comPoor Bernie Sanders must've gotten quite a scare this week when a bunch of spooky ghosts chased him around...
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This Week's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo WM GoodsWM Goods will host a first Thursday event that will include a pop-up with Portland-based menswear line Wool & Prince, photography from Chelsea Parrett and Rodrigo...
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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: More Like Mike and Dave Can Treat Women...
by Elinor Jones One thing that’s nice about 2016 is that there are some good-faith attempts to treat women like fully formed humans in film and on television. It’s a better time for representation,...
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"The Double Standard of the Side Hustle"
by Heidi Groover We don't often consider "Uber drivers skirting the law—making, for instance, illegal airport runs—to be 'hustling,'"writes The Washington Post's Emily Badger. But other types of...
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Baker Refuses to Make a Cake for a Same-Sex Couple
by Dan Savage Romiana Lee / Shutterstock.comNot a wedding cake. A birthday cake:It certainly wasn't the text message Candice Lowe was expecting to get on her honeymoon. She says it came from the owner...
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Protests Planned Thursday Night In Wake of Recent National Killings By Police
by Doug Brown Alton Sterling, Philandro CastileThis has not been a good week — two black men were gunned down by police officers. First, on Tuesday, bystanders recorded police in Baton Rouge,...
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Big Thief's Debut Falls Together Seamlessly
by Ben Salmon BIG THIEF Yeah, they named their album Masterpiece. Deal with it.MICHAEL BUISHASFOR ALL OF its good qualities, one of the most likeable things about Brooklyn band Big Thief’s debut...
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The Independent Publishing Resource Center is the Latest Portland Arts...
by Megan Burbank God damn it.TonyTaylorStock via iStockIt's an old story at this point: Rent increases and financial difficulties have displaced a number of Portland arts organizations over the past...
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"Those Emotions Are a Reality That We Need to Acknowledge": Chief Mike...
by Dirk VanderHart Not two weeks into his tenure at the top of the Portland Police Bureau, Chief Mike Marshman faces his second major challenge this evening (here's the first). In the wake of the...
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A Man Was Arrested for Pulling A Gun on Black Lives Matter Protestors in...
by Dirk VanderHart It was the guy just right of center.Doug BrownOne man was arrested during an otherwise peaceful protest in Portland tonight (that's still going on as I write this) for pulling a gun...
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