Parents and Stakeholders gathered to watch the May 30 PPS Board Meeting Kelly Kenoyer Portland Public Schools board members have made the contentious decision to divide and relocate a program for gifted students between two already-occupied PPS schools. Few parents are pleased. The decision was made in a 6-1 vote at last night’s PPS board […]
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Biketown’s Expanding to More Eastside Neighborhoods!
Felicity J. Mackay / Portland Bureau of Transportation Good news, Biketown nerds! Soon you’ll be able to lock up your bike outside the Hollywood Theatre (and many other useful spots) without incurring a $20 penalty fee for parking outside of Biketown’s invisible boundaries. Biketown has announced that starting tomorrow, June 1, it’ll be expanding its […]
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Many of Portland’s Historic Brick Buildings—And Their Residents—Won’t Survive an Earthquake. What Can Be Done?
Historic A.G. Long Fire Apparatus, 115 NW 5th Mercury Staff You’re standing on the corner of West Burnside and Broadway when it happens: The Cascadia Subduction fault line snaps. The fault has been straining underneath the Pacific Ocean for hundreds of years—and now centuries of geologic force are rumbling towards Portland. The ground starts rolling. […]
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Many of Portland’s Historic Brick Buildings—And Their Residents—Won’t Survive an Earthquake. What Can Be Done?
Many of Portland’s Historic Brick Buildings—And Their Residents—Won’t Survive an Earthquake… But When Retrofitting Is Too Expensive, What Can Be Done?
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Islamophobia in the USA
American Islamophobia Reveals Our Nation’s Long History of Prejudice
American Islamophobia reveals our nation’s long history of prejudice.
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What We Know (and Don’t Know) About the PSU Hit-and-Run
Court documents reveal new information about suspect Greg Porter
Court documents reveal new information about suspect Greg Porter
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Good Morning News: Starbucks Racial Training, More China Tariffs, MAX Stabbing Victims Honored
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. Kelly Kenoyer Good Morning Portland! I hope you enjoyed your barbecues and your veteran family members yesterday. Today’s the perfect spring weather, in my opinion—partly cloudy and not too hot, peaking at 69 […]
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Patriot Prayer Returns to Portland for June Rally
Joey Gibson Leading a Patriot Prayer Rally in 2017 Doug Brown Patriot Prayer, that far-right Vancouver, WA group that often attracts white supremacists, is holding another of its infamously awful rallies at Terry Schrunk Plaza on June 3 at 5 pm. It’s almost exactly a year after Patriot Prayer held a “Trump Free Speech Rally” […]
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Oregon Members of Congress Demand Investigation into Attack of Gay PSU Student
Amtrak Aaron Salazar, a Portland State University student who was traveling back from Colorado to Portland, was found brutally beaten in an Amtrak station on May 15. The family suspect the attack was a hate crime, while Amtrak says it may have been a suicide attempt. Salazar sustained damage to his brain stem during the […]
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TriMet to Hold Commemoration for MAX Stabbing Victims Saturday
TriMet A a year ago, a vile white supremacist verbally attacked two young women of color on a MAX train. Jeremy Christian then stabbed three men who came to their defense. The MAX stabbing shocked the Portland community: Ricky John Best, and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche lost their lives defending their neighbors against hate. Now […]
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TriMet’s LIFT Accused of Inhumane Treatment of Passengers and Drivers
Mercury Staff January was a bad month for Mary Maxwell. As a bus driver for TriMet’s LIFT program, which serves disabled patrons who can’t access regular transit, Maxwell had suffered through days of sexual harassment from the same passenger. Even after she filed several complaints, Maxwell says her bosses wouldn’t do anything about it. This […]
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TriMet’s LIFT Accused of Inhumane Treatment of Passengers and Drivers
Bus drivers are no longer staying quiet.
January was a bad month for Mary Maxwell. As a bus driver for TriMet’s LIFT program, which serves disabled patrons who can’t access regular transit, Maxwell had suffered through days of sexual harassment from the same passenger. Even after she filed several complaints, Maxwell says her bosses wouldn’t do anything about it. This stress was […]