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Progress Without Pepper Spraynew

How a burger baron, four indie rockers, a bleeding-heart Muslim and a group of trash tour guides are fighting for the 99%.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
12-06-2011 |
#OCCUPY
The Fall of the 420 Hotelnew

In the final hours of Occupy Portland, there was mud, a riot squad and a speckled rooster.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh and Hannah Hoffman |
11-18-2011 |
#OCCUPY
War Bribesnew

An Oregon businessman wanted to get “filthy stinking rich.” Now he’s linked to a bribery case and risks losing his biggest customer: the U.S. Military.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
11-08-2011 |
War
UPDATED: Stabbing Victim Tells WW He Can't Remember Where He Was When Knifed; Police Back Away From Claim He Was at Occupy Portlandnew
A man that Portland police initially said was stabbed at the Occupy Portland camp Thursday morning tells WW he isn't sure where he was when he was knifed, and Occupy leaders tell WW that they believe the attack happened away from the camp.
Willamette Week |
Hannah Hoffman |
11-03-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Notes From the Occupationnew

48 hours inside Occupy Portland.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-31-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Outgreened and Uncountednew

Oregon spent hundreds of millions to create “green” jobs, but it can’t say how many it got.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
10-07-2011 |
Economy
Public Paydaysnew

Portland's public employees aren’t getting rich—but they’re doing better than their neighbors.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
09-19-2011 |
Policy Issues
Cheat Local!new

Portland helped make Groupon a giant. Here's how local businesses get crushed.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
08-17-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Groupon, daily deals
The Gunnew

How easy is it to buy a gun on the street from a complete stranger? We find out.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
08-04-2011 |
Crime & Justice
The Blogfather: MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey looks to the future.new

Thirty-five miles from Portland is the home of one of Oregon’s hottest tech properties. It’s a long way from the “Silicon Forest” of local startups. It’s an even longer way from those who work in Silicon Valley, their offices bustling with Razor scooters and wunderkinds having mad, Red Bull-fueled coding parties.
Willamette Week |
Ruth Brown |
07-13-2011 |
Tech
Death of a Yoginew

The battle for a corporate empire, hundreds of millions of dollars and the meaning of a faith.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
07-08-2011 |
Features
Portland's Iconic Stumptown Coffee is Sold to Investment Firmnew

Stumptown Coffee, the iconic and fiercely independent company that helped define coffee in Portland, has been sold to a New York investment firm.
Willamette Week |
Ruth Brown |
06-06-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: TSG Consumer
Why Is Portland Google's Guinea Pig?new

Google has been all over Portland lately. Billboards, stickers, concerts, promos—there are more rainbow "o"s downtown than rainbow flags these days.
Willamette Week |
Ruth Brown |
06-03-2011 |
Tech
Tags: Google
Drip City: Everything Old is New Again in Portland's Coffee Scenenew

The history of coffee in Portland is one of constant, obsessive refinement, of obtaining better beans and pulling better shots. Staying on the jittery edge of the culture requires constant attention. Which is what we've been doing over the past several weeks. And what have we found?
Willamette Week |
Ben Waterhouse, Ruth Brown |
04-06-2011 |
Food+Drink
The Truth Has Set Her Freenew

What Oregon's "resident contrarian" says about politics, race and battling depression. An excerpt from Avel Gordly's memoir.
Willamette Week |
Avel Gordly |
03-30-2011 |
Excerpts
Tags: Avel Gordly