Is Oregon's Anti-Gay Initiative Effort on the Verge of Failure?
The Portland Mercury |
May 1, 2008
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Thom Hartmann's Latests Explains How to Think Like a Republicannew
Cracking the Code explains how the left wing can exploit the techniques of the right. While that sounds like a snoozy topic, Hartmann drops in enough anecdotes and ripped-from-the-headlines (or, from politicians' speeches and campaign ads) examples to keep it lively.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
12-04-2008 |
Nonfiction
We Protested Prop. 8 ... Now What?new
With all of this talk of moving forward and looking to the future, what can we do to achieve full equality? In Oregon, Measure 36 still bars marriage equality on a constitutional level, and it'll take a tough and expensive ballot measure fight to repeal. The anti-gay activists at Concerned Oregonians are also reorganizing, and will likely try to roll back domestic partnerships next year.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
11-20-2008 |
LGBT
Let's Blow Stuff Up!new
"Don't try this at home, kids. This is not Jackass," warned Matt Staab, a chemistry teacher at Cleveland High School, as he put on goggles and started rummaging around in a green plastic box marked "Explosives Kit." His trucker cap said "I [Heart] Chemistry."
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
07-03-2008 |
Recreation
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The Millionaire Panhandlernew
Separating the facts from the myths surrounding panhandling.
The Portland Mercury |
Joe Streckert |
09-26-2013 |
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I Was There! by Mike Daiseynew
I decided to travel to ancient Egypt, alone, to personally witness — to see with my own eyes — the brutality behind these pyramids we love so much.
The Portland Mercury |
Mike Daisey |
03-26-2012 |
Business & Labor
To Camp or Not to Campnew
Booted from another park, Occupy Portland debates on the movement's future.
The Portland Mercury |
Denis C. Theriault |
12-12-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Portland
The Moment When the Police Lost the Occupy Portland Narrativenew
During a choreographed effort to pull a few dozen protesters out of the Chase bank branch, part of a hundreds-strong day of action, Portland police officers resorted to a decidedly more muscular show of force in a clash watched by TV cameras and rush-hour commuters. Suddenly all the fun—the dance parties, the union songs, the peaceful arrests earlier on the Steel Bridge and at Wells Fargo—was for naught.
The Portland Mercury |
Denis C. Theriault |
11-18-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Portland
Video: Portland Mercury Reporter Shoved Down by Copnew
During Sunday's Occupy Portland march on Main Street after Chapman Square was cleared, Portland Mercury News Editor Denis Theriault was unceremoniously knocked on his ass by a police officer wielding a baton.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm.™ Steven Humphrey |
11-17-2011 |
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