AltWeeklies Wire
Critics Question Green Cred of Utility's 'Smart Energy'new
"Portlanders want green energy, but they don't want their energy coming from industrial factory farms," says Kendra Kimbirauskas, a Portland-based consultant for the GRACE Factory Farm Project, a New York-based nonprofit that opposes industrial farming.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
09-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Fighting Back Against Military Recruitersnew
Recruiter Watch PDX makes the rounds outside Portland high schools before an important Oct. 1 filing deadline.
Willamette Week |
Rachel Schiff |
09-19-2007 |
War
Inside Portland's 'Transportation Mafia'new
Depending on your point of view, Earl Blumenauer has either masterfully maneuvered the levers of Washington to achieve longstanding goals, or brazenly used tens of thousands of dollars he's raised from those who stand to benefit from the streetcar expansion to make federal funding possible.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
09-19-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
The Portland Region's Top 25 Water-Using Residencesnew
These people waste so much water, it's scary.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin and Rachel Schiff |
09-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Hidden At Portland's Hempstalknew
At Hempstalk, stoners politely sneak off to the woods while organizers and police celebrate their absence.
Willamette Week |
Rachel Schiff |
09-12-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Touchdown, Jesusnew
Who says you can't worship God in between wings and a beer on a Sunday?
Willamette Week |
Paul Gerlad |
08-29-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Inside Portland's Crap Jobsnew
To celebrate Labor Day, we honor those who move poop, deal with doorknob butt-plugs, and more.
Willamette Week |
Staff |
08-29-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Does the Kid Have ADD or Psychic Powers?new
Psychologists say 16-year-old Brian Scibetta has ADD -- New Age spiritualists say he's an Indigo Child with psychic powers.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
08-22-2007 |
Science
Burning Green?new
Portland's "Burners" drive hundreds of miles into the desert to attend this year's "green" Burning Man.
Willamette Week |
Rachel Schiff |
08-22-2007 |
Environment
Bamboo-zled?new
Portland pushes its "sustainable" businesses without knowing what that means, exactly.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
08-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Breasts, Bras and Videotapenew
A pair of lawsuits target Portland police for alleged civil-rights violations.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
08-08-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
High School YouTube Fight Dies Downnew
The media storm over a Jefferson High YouTube video appears to have blown over now that students are fighting the charges.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
07-30-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
PDX Del Monte Plant Reopens After Immigration Raidnew
After the June immigration raid at Fresh Del Monte, production halted, then continued. WW revisited the St. Johns plant. Here's what we found.
Willamette Week |
Ryan White |
07-30-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
After the Raid: What's Up at the Produce Plant?new
After the June immigration raid at Fresh Del Monte, production halted, then continued -- we revisited the plant to see how it was operating now.
Willamette Week |
Ryan White |
07-25-2007 |
Immigration
'Street Newspaper' Pros Converge at Conferencenew
If you're imagining planes packed with homeless scribes landing in Portland, bringing color to local hotels and banquet halls, think again -- in the world of street papers, the homeless don't run the show.
Willamette Week |
Rachel Schiff |
07-25-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
