AltWeeklies Wire
Gambling With Kids' Futuresnew
Millions for an Oregon schools rainy-day fund are instead going to risky venture capital.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
11-14-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
A New Lifeline for Iraqi Interpretersnew
An army captain's new nonprofit foundation pressures the U.S. government to do more for Iraqi interpreters who have worked with Americans in the war-torn nation.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
11-07-2007 |
War
Portland Public Schools Emulates Wal-Martnew
For one month of nearly full-time work as a cafeteria worker, Erin Fox earned $379 -- the equivalent of roughly $5 an hour.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
10-31-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Distant Flamenew
Portlanders protest the 2008 Beijing Olympics and call for the U.S. to boycott the Summer Games.
Willamette Week |
Amanda Waldroupe |
10-31-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Turns Out Portland's Not So Bike-Friendlynew
But here's how it could be.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-31-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
A TOPOFF 4 Diarynew
Today I went to a simulated terrorist attack.
Willamette Week |
Jonah Sandford |
10-24-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Tre Mal's Case Moves Alongnew
The environmental activist loses his extradition appeal in Canada, but he's still fighting his return to Oregon.
Willamette Week |
Andrew MacLeod |
10-24-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
PDX Inkednew
The whole media universe is humping Portland -- we dissect the hype, and how the hell we got here.
Willamette Week |
Zach Dundas |
10-24-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Reading, Writing, Revolversnew
What a Medford teacher wanting to bring her gun to class could mean for Portland public schools.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
10-10-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Is the Oregon State Bar Still Committed to Affirmative Action?new
Some lawyers, law faculty and law students are questioning the Bar's commitment to diversity after its award-winning affirmative action administrator resigned last month.
Willamette Week |
Paul Leonard |
10-10-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Should We Divest From Iran?new
Oregon's pension funds help keep Iran's government afloat, but some would like to change that.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-10-2007 |
International
Tags: Iran, international
Oregon Has a Trio of Investigations into Big Pharmanew
But legislators say the Justice Department blocked a better solution.
Willamette Week |
Miriam Widman |
10-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Faith Takes On Reason in Latest Anti-Meth Media Blitznew
Television stations in Portland, Eugene and Medford are donating airtime to a documentary, called Crystal Darkness, which echoes the current federal line on meth -- a message that's faith-based, in-your-face and, according to independent studies, ineffective at best.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-03-2007 |
Drugs
Mission of Burmanew
Far from Myanmar, refugees try to tell us what's going on in their former home.
Willamette Week |
Jonah Sandford |
10-03-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Hammerskin Nation Celebrates its 20th Anniversarynew
If you've never heard of Hammerskin Nation, it's fair to say the group coming to Portland this weekend for a three-day music festival is about as racist as they get.
Willamette Week |
Krista Stryker |
10-03-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
