As of today, more than 100,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. Just think of the people who would still be alive if Trump weren’t president. Drew Angerer / Getty Images Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Family Parties Cause COVID Spike, States that Reopened Too Soon, and Trump Golfs as People Die
As national death toll rises to 100,000, Trump tackles the problem by playing golf. Leon Neal / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • According to the Oregon Health Authority, the state currently […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Memorial Day!
Uncut GemsIt’s beyond bizarre to know for a fact this exhausting, nerve-jangling drama is going to be the most watched thing on Netflix for the next couple of weeks, considering it’s a low-budget arthouse flick directed by the Safdie Brothers, who specialize in choppy, frenetic, aggressively off-putting narratives about amoralistic assholes spiraling down into a […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Sun May 24
The CBS Sunday Night Movie: TitanicThe latest in CBS’ revival of the old-school Sunday Night Movie is one of the biggest movies of all time, about a grimy sketch artist who sneaks onto a boat and romances a rebellious debutante, only for true love to be interrupted by one of the most famous naval tragedies […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Sat May 23
Hump!We at HUMP! were crushed to cancel our originally planned Spring re-screening, with the coronavirus crisis forcing us all inside. But after receiving enthusiastic support and permission from the filmmakers to show their films online, we knew that the show must go on! Even if we can’t watch together in movie theaters, we can still […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Struggling Oregon Counties, Trump’s Deadly Corona Cure, and Remember to Stay Home on Memorial Day
To the surprise of no one (particularly medical experts), Trump’s Covid drug of choice is potentially deadly. Marta Ortiz / iStock / Getty Images Plus Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • According to the […]
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The Best Things To Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Fri May 22
Confinement Film FestivalSince we’re all stuck inside anyway, we asked local amateur filmmakers, artists, and creative people to send us short homemade movies that demonstrate how we are living, surviving (and occasionally thriving) under quarantine and social distancing orders… and oh boy! DID YOU DELIVER! We received a poop-ton of fantastic, funny, poignant, and mind-bending […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: McConnell Wants Your Cheese, How to Be a “Karen,” and 36,000 Lives Could’ve Been Saved by Trump
The United States could have saved 36,000 lives if it had began social distancing just one week earlier. LifestylesbyGloria / iStock / Getty Images Plus Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • According to the […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Thurs May 21
Movie Madness University: The Chinese BoxerHollywood Theatre’s head programmer and literal savior of Kung Fu history, Dan Halsted, leads the first class in Movie Madness University tonight at 7:30pm, looking at the impact Jimmy Wang Yu’s 1970 film The Chinese Boxer had on Kung Fu history, both stylistically and financially. Tuition cost ($10) doesn’t include […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Wed May 20
The Stranger‘s Silent Reading PartyEvery Wednesday at 6 pm we’re going to throw these parties, at least until stay-at-home is over. Attendees at the first Zoom silent-reading party included famous actors, writers, composers, artists, families, teenagers doing their homework, people staring into space listening to the music because it was just so beautiful, cats, and […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Christian Lawsuit Smack Down, Rough Unemployment Numbers, and Rent Assistance Is on the Way
Oregon is preparing to distribute over $8 million to tenants who need help paying the rent. AndreyPopov / Getty Images Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • According to the Oregon Health Authority, the number […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Tues May 19
Patton Oswalt: I Love EverythingFor those who like good things in their lives, this thoughtful lefty nerd is the best, and you will miss out on a ton of laughs if you aren’t settling into your couch to watch the latest stand-up special from America’s most lovable comic, and perhaps the only worthwhile person to […]