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When Portland Public Schools begins bargaining with its nearly 3,000 teachers, counselors and school psychologists next month, one issue is not likely to be addressed: How should PPS identify and get rid of bad teachers?

Willamette Week | Beth Slovic | 04-16-2008 | Education

Tags: Education, teachers

An Internet Campaign Against Camel Cigs Goes Nationalnew

Jenny Decker has been infiltrating parties and concerts sponsored by R.J. Reynolds around Portland, gathering free trinkets and promotional products in hopes of exposing how R.J. Reynolds does guerrilla marketing to entice young women to smoke. Her humble MySpace page has now turned into a nationally recognized campaign that anti-tobacco experts say is accomplishing that goal.

Willamette Week | Shefali Kulkarni | 04-09-2008 | Science

Tags: smoking, advertising, marketing, camel, cigarettes, guerilla marketing, Health & Science

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