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Homeless Protest Stretches on in Portlandnew
On May 13, with the homeless protesters in front of city hall facing enforcement of the city's camping ordinance, five representatives sat down with Mayor Tom Potter. The meeting did not go so well.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz and Matt Davis |
05-15-2008 |
Housing & Development
Portland to Get Pilot Mental Health Courtnew
Three qualified mental health professionals will work with a dedicated judge, with a goal of hooking mentally ill people up with medication and counseling instead of prosecuting them for low-level crimes.
The Portland Mercury |
Matt Davis |
05-01-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Opening Portland's First Day-Labor Hiring Center Turns Out to be a Hasslenew
Plans for the center seemed so simple: a single-wide trailer. Two Port-A-Potties. And as many laborers as could fit under a 30-foot tent. But nothing is ever simple when the city is Portland and the issue is land use.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
04-30-2008 |
Immigration
Black Preachers Struggle in White Citynew
While African-American ministers in Portland rise to defend Rev. Jeremiah Wright's statements as both theologically accurate and needed tonics to America's history of racial oppression, their unanimity disguises a much more local question they say confronts their churches now: How do they make their voices heard in America's whitest city?
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
04-23-2008 |
Religion
Seven Things Portland Should Do to Get Serious About Being Greennew
Sometime between Gov. Tom McCall's speeches and Al Gore's Nobel Prize, Portland ceded the green crown. Here's how to get it back.
Willamette Week |
Corey Pein |
04-16-2008 |
Environment
Blow's Backnew
Cocaine is still the drug of choice for many of Portland's beau monde.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
05-23-2007 |
Drugs
Who's Your Momma?new
Everything was perfect as Becky and Sharon Flynn went through Sharon's pregnancy -- until the local daily paper refused to print Becky's name in the birth announcement.
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
12-26-2006 |
LGBT
