Willamette Week

Keep It Like A Secretnew

New Bloods unearth roots, but hold the marrow sacred.

Willamette Week | Anika Sabin | 04-02-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: News Bloods, The Secret Life

A Guidance Counselor Like No Othernew

Ian Anderson catches dreams and makes 'em danceworthy.

Willamette Week | Nilina Mason-Campbel | 04-02-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Guidance Counselor

Crop Dropnew

Get your greens -- before it's too late for our farmers to feed Portland's growing appetite.

Willamette Week | Deeda Schroeder | 04-02-2008 | Food+Drink

D is for Democrat, Differences and Debatenew

Where Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick disagree in the race for the U.S. Senate.

Willamette Week | Beth Slovic | 04-02-2008 | Politics

Tags: Oregon, 2008 downballot elections

New Lawsuit Targets Cops Who Killed Man on 'Shroomsnew

Give a 20-year-old enough magic mushrooms to make 30 people trip hard. Then put him up against three cops armed with Tasers, beanbag guns and Glocks. It's a recipe for disaster, and that's exactly what happened.

Willamette Week | James Pitkin | 04-02-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: crime & justice

Rents Rising in Portlandnew

Why rent bills are climbing and why that's likely to continue.

Willamette Week | Jason Moore | 04-02-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: housing & development

One Doc Reveals Big Pharma's 'Dirty Little Secret'new

In January, Erick Turner published a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine that revealed antidepressants are not as effective as we've been led to believe. For years, he implied, pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Forest Laboratories have vastly exaggerated the performance of their drugs.

Willamette Week | Philip Dawdy | 04-02-2008 | Science

Tags: antidepressants, big pharma, Pfizer, prescription drugs, SSRIs, zoloft, Health & Science

Tibet: The Other Protestnew

Antiwar demonstrators aren't the only ones taking it to the streets.

Willamette Week | Lawrence Maushard | 03-26-2008 | International

Tags: Tibet, international

Inside the Race for Oregon's Next Attorney Generalnew

John Kroger and Greg Macpherson are both lanky Harvard graduates, Democrats (there is no Republican in the race) and accomplished lawyers. Yet their backgrounds could hardly be more different.

Willamette Week | Nigel Jacquiss | 03-26-2008 | Politics

How Obama's Roadshow Played With Our Criticsnew

When I invited our film critic Aaron Mesh to review Barack Obama's performance in Portland last week, Mesh's response was instant. "I've been meaning to see him live," Mesh said, as if it were a Modest Mouse show rather than a political rally.

Willamette Week | James Pitkin | 03-26-2008 | Politics

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama

Soldier Boys Don't Crynew

Taxi to the Dark Side and Stop-Loss try to understand our troops -- the tortured and the torturers.

Willamette Week | Aaron Mesh | 03-26-2008 | Reviews

David Gordon Green Loves a Good Mistakenew

As Green debuts Snow Angels, a small-town tragedy starring Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale, he's preparing for the August release of Pineapple Express, a big-budget stoner comedy produced by Knocked Up's Judd Apatow.

Willamette Week | Aaron Mesh | 03-26-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: David Gordon Green, Snow Angels