AltWeeklies Wire
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
Crafty Bitches: The Antidote to the Mythical Soccer Momnew
In Portland, where "do it yourself" is almost a religion, you'll find pro-feminist, anti-consumerist ideals in many crafters. Those with small children can even work at home and find customers without ever setting foot outside.
Willamette Week |
Beth Slovic |
10-03-2007 |
Culture
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
The Recording History of Loch Lomond is a Curious Thingnew
Listening to Paper the Walls is like watching a season go by in a Disney-esque time lapse.
Willamette Week |
Brandon Seifert |
10-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Loch Lomond, Paper The Walls
Sandpeople Finally Kills 'Em ... With Kindnessnew
My expectations for the Portland hip-hop crew's long-awaited second album were impossibly high; I expected an album that would get the U.S. out of Iraq and reverse global warming. Well, kids are still dying and ice is still melting, but Honest Racket is really good.
Willamette Week |
Casey Jarman |
10-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Honest Racket, Sandpeople
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
Scout Niblett Balances Eccentricity and Confidencenew
This Fool Can Die Now shows that Niblett has talent in spades -- and it speaks so much louder when she focuses on substance over style.
Willamette Week |
Paige Richmond |
10-03-2007 |
Reviews
In 'Foreskin's Lament,' God is a Four-Letter Wordnew
Auslander's new memoir reveals both the paranoia of both the devout and those desperately trying not to believe.
Willamette Week |
Kelly Clarke |
10-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Into the Wild': The Long Goodbyenew
Sean Penn gives Chris McCandless one last embrace.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Into the Wild, Sean Penn
'Lust, Caution' is Drained of All Delightnew
The film is sonorous and dull in the same way as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: It takes disreputable, pulpy pleasures and beats them to death with decorum.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-03-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Ang Lee, Lust, Caution
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
Rep. Earl Blumenauer's Safe Kingdomnew
Are Democrats angry at Blumenauer over inaction on impeachment? Yes. Are any of them looking to run against him? No.
Willamette Week |
Krista Stryker |
09-26-2007 |
Politics
