Why Portland’s Trans Pride March is right on time.
Christen McCurdy
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The Long, Hot Summer
After a Very Dry Winter, are Hotter Temperatures and a Drought in Portland’s Near Future?
After a Very Dry Winter, are Hotter Temperatures and a Drought in Portland’s Near Future?
Posted inTrue Parent
The Time We Need
Parents Desperately Need Paid Sick Leave. Will Oregon Step Up?
Susan Lund worked off and on at Fred Meyer for about 16 years, and had access to full benefits—at least in theory. But if she wanted a day off to take care of one of her children, or to recuperate from illness herself, she paid a price. Sick days weren’t excused until employees had missed […]
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Sell the Dream
I Needed a Job. Hyphire Solutions Was Hiring. Here's Why That Didn't Work Out So Well.
I was sitting in an office lobby reading Cosmopolitan, surrounded by fresh-scrubbed twentysomethings in nice suits, waiting to be interviewed for a job I knew nothing about. That’s when the manager came out to change the music—skipping from “Don’t Stop Believing” to “Any Way You Want It.” Now, I like Journey as much as the […]