The new day labor center opens; here’s what the workers think.
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A Tale of Two Workers
The Controversial New Day Labor Center Opened. Here’s What it Looks Like from the Workers’ Perspective
Sarah Shay Mirk
Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.
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Doors Open and Shut
Affordable Housing Waitlist Opens, Sort of
The list for affordable housing is so long, you could die waiting to get a place to live.
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Sitting in on City Hall
Homeless Fill Council Chambers with Postcards
AT 9:30 LAST WEDNESDAY morning, June 11, homeless people filled every seat around the edge of the city council chambers. One woman wore an “I’m Homeless and I Vote!” pin and everyone held small black-and-white postcards. As part of the continuing protest against the city’s controversial anti-camping and sit-lie ordinances (which make it illegal to […]
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Night Light Fight
Police Taser Cyclist, Sparking Outrage
WHAT BEGAN the night of June 10 as a traffic stop for a missing bike light ended in Tasering—and a cyclist’s screams, heard a block away. As Portland Police Bureau Officers Erin Smith and Ron Hoesly were writing out a missing bike light ticket to Diana Spartis on SE 7th and Alder, the police noticed […]
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Crashing Halt
BTA Pushes for Punishment of Witless Drivers
THIS WEEK marks the one-year anniversary of the day a car hit bicyclist Tim O’Donnell on a rural Washington County road. The car’s driver was not only uninsured, but also her Oregon license had been suspended and she’d traveled to Idaho and surreptitiously obtained a new one. Before her fatal crash with O’Donnell, the driver […]