Oregon’s DACA recipients are more active—and more at risk—than ever.
Amanda Waldroupe
Amanda is a freelance writer based in Portland, OR. She focuses mostly on homeless and social justice issues.
Posted inNews
Break Out the Mosquito Nets!
Global Warming Will Make Us Sick—Literally
Global warming will make Portlanders sick. Literally.
Posted inNews
The Hand Lets Go
Aid for Homeless Portlanders Running Dry
Cash keeping hundreds of Portlanders in homes is about to run out.
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Operation Bedbug Attack
What’s Being Done to Stop Portland’s Tiniest Nuisance
Bedbugs! How officials are planning Portland’s counterattack.
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Bugged Out
Bedbugs Are Everywhere—and Here to Stay
Bedbugs are everywhere in Portland—and it looks like they’re here to stay.
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Paving Paradise
It’s Jobs vs. Nature in West Hayden Island Fight
Environmentalists and the Port of Portland grapple in tug of war over 300 acres of wildlife habitat.
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Toilet Troubles
Ready or Not, Here Come the Public Restrooms
More public toilets are coming to Portland. Not everybody’s thrilled.
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The Worst Cut Is the Deepest
The Politics Behind the State Budget Battle
With Oregon’s galling budget cuts, the call for a special session is a lose-lose situation for the Democrats.
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Ellis’ Queer Youth Island
SMYRC’s Program Director Talks about the Kids
The good work of SMYRC.
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Sinking Ship
Prisons Try to Improve Mental Health Services; They Cut Them Instead
The state tried to improve mental health services in prison. The plan backfired.
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Help Is on the Way… Perhaps
Promised Mental Health Center “Relatively Certain”
A long-promised mental health center is “relatively certain.”
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Minds Willing but Budgets Weak
Sixteen New Detox Beds Will Go Unused
Sixteen beds at the new Hooper Detox center will go unused.