Stumptown Coffee Roasters (Various locations, stumptowncoffee.com) Stumptown is as basic to Portlanders as Starbucks is to America, but itโs still worth checking out if youโve never been. Their coffee is great, which is why itโs now available nationwide and even in many foreign countries. Our personal favorite is their cold brew, which is available in […]
Claire Holley
Relax at Portlandโs Best Coffee Joints
Stumptown Coffee Roasters Various locations,ย stumptowncoffee.com Stumptown is as basic to Portlanders as Starbucks is to America, but itโs still worth checking out if youโve never been. Their coffee is great, which is why itโs now available nationwide and even in many foreign countries. Our personal favorite is their cold brew, which is available in cartons […]
โHe Is Not His Mistakesโ
What friends remember about Terrell Johnson, the second person killed by Portland police this year.
Good Morning, News: Pride Month, (Continued) Trump Idiocy, and a Terrifying Death Climb
Mercury staffers at a past pride parade Portland Mercury Happy Tuesday, everybody! Despite all the shit that continues to rain down on us, let us all try to remember what’s really important: it’s Pride month! While Trump continues to fuck up our country, we can at least find comfort in the fact that, starting Friday, […]
“We Witnessed Portland Take Action”: Families of the Girls Targeted in Last Week’s Attack Issue Statement
A scene from last Saturday’s vigil for the victims of the attack Kenton Waltz On Friday afternoon, a press release was issued on behalf of the two families of the young girls who were targeted and harassed by Jeremy Christian on May 26. The release was written by a small group of advocates for the […]
Micah Fletcher, Survivor and Hero of the MAX Attack, Wrote a Poem From His Hospital Bed
Micah Fletcher in court for Jeremy Christian’s arraignment Pool photo by Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian/OregonLive Micah Fletcher, the 21-year-old sole survivor of Friday’s brutal stabbing on the MAX, is a PSU student and poet. In 2013 he won the city-wide high school poetry competition Verselandia with a powerful poem condemning prejudice against Muslims. You can watch […]
Good Morning, News: Portland Mourns
Doug Brown Good morning, news! This weekend has been a very difficult one for Portland, and that’s putting it lightly. We lost two heroes this weekend and nearly lost a third. You can check out our coverage of the Saturday evening vigil here. A fund has been set up to help the victims of the […]
Drink Up, itโs Portlandโs Best Coffee Joints
Stumptown Coffee Roasters Various locations, stumptowncoffee.com Stumptown is as basic to Portlanders as Starbucks is to America, but itโs still worth checking out if youโve never been. Their coffee is great, which is why itโs now available nationwide and even in many foreign countries. Our personal favorite is their cold brew, which is available in […]
Keeping Cool with Booze
How to eat, slurp, and lick your booze.
Good Morning, News: Condescending Rich People, the Trump Nightmare Continues, and Man Decapitates His Mother
Every tweet. Every goddamn tweet of his predicts a future lined with his own fuck-ups. He’s like a time traveler failing to warn himself. pic.twitter.com/tXFsdSWrkDโ Chuck Wendig (@ChuckWendig) May 15, 2017 So it turns out Donald Trump did not break the law by sharing classified information with the Russia (although how that’s not illegal is […]
Business Leaders Swore Theyโd Help Solve Oregonโs Massive Budget Hole
So where are they?
Good Morning News: Sally Yates Kicks Ass, the Blazers’ New Logo, and One Less Parade for Portland
Bridgetown comedy festival was this weekend, but with so many shows, you probably missed most or at least some of it. Don’t cry though, you can check out our coverage here, here, here and here. Sally Yates testified in front of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee yesterday, revealing that she told the White House about Michael […]
