AltWeeklies Wire
Upstart Portland Bike Builders Reinvent a Craft -- And Will Soon Race Their Old Heronew
When Mark DiNucci quit building in 1985, he and friends say he was the only person in Portland who built bikes one at a time by hand. Now there are at least 30 Portlanders crafting bikes like DiNucci did, almost all of them opening up shop in the last decade.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
10-02-2009 |
Sports
The Dead Freeway Society: The Strange History of Portland's Unbuilt Roadsnew
While other American cities have built, built, built, Portland's freeway history is boom and bust: massive road projects were planned, mapped, and sold as progress by one generation, then killed by another.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
09-25-2009 |
Transportation
Feminists vs. PETA: 'Sexist' Ads Draw Portland Protestnew
The loosely knit Portland Feminist Action League organized the "flash protest" via the internet, criticizing PETA for its "sexist and offensive" animal rights campaigns. PETA's protests have featured nude women in cages, and most recently, the organization produced a billboard that pictured a fat woman in a bikini that read, "Save the whales! Lose the blubber. Go vegetarian."
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
08-28-2009 |
The War on Women
How the National Death Panel Hysteria Spiraled Out from Little Old Oregonnew
It makes sense that the national "death panel" hysteria has its roots here in Portland. Oregonians have dealt with tricky end-of-life issues in the political arena for over a decade now.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
08-28-2009 |
Politics
Oregon Aims to Become First State Ever to Erase Gender Wage Gapnew
Working without a definite deadline, Bureau of Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian has tasked the newly formed Oregon Council on Civil Rights to create an action plan for making equal pay for equal work a reality in Oregon.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
07-24-2009 |
Economy
Bank Sit-Downs Could Prevent Foreclosure Scamsnew
How can Oregon prevent 14,000 foreclosures? Sit-downs.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
05-07-2009 |
Economy
Tasered Bicyclist Beats Resisting Arrest Chargenew
One night last June, police stopped Phil Sano for not having a bike light. Sano flailed his arms at the cops and wound up on the ground, Tasered multiple times and cited for resisting arrest. Sano was vindicated when a jury cleared Sano of the charge.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
02-19-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: law enforcement, Phil Sano
An Unpaid Intern's Guinea Pig Guide to Inexpensive Portland Health Carenew
Despite the big downside of living in a wonderful dream town: It is fucking impossible to find a well-paying job. So while Portland may have one of the nation's highest densities of college grads and a progressive approach to health care, a vast 40 percent of Portlanders between ages 21 and 24 still don't have insurance.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
07-17-2008 |
Science
