I just moved from “opiate capitol of the US”, Manchester, NH. I’m not going to say things are perfect here, but please, stop complaining. I don’t get bugged for change 3 or more times on the way to my car-I don’t even have to drive anymore! I can take a bus or train to work […]
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Good Morning, News: A Minimum Wage Raise, (Maybe) Cancerous Veggies, and a Very Frightened Peter Courtney
Oregon has a new minimum wage. We’re just not completely sure what it is yet. After hours of fractious debate yesterday, the Oregon House passed a proposal for a three-part system that would see Portland’s minimum wage rise to $14.75 in 2022, while other areas of the state saw smaller raises. It’s a big huge […]
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Right 2 Dream Too’s Fate Is Delayed… Again
What R2DToo might some day look like. There were persistent questions from Commissioner Nick Fish. There were nagging concerns from Commissioner Dan Saltzman. But in the end it was Commissioner Steve Novick—hands down the city council’s most silent member, Wednesday, on the question of whether to move Right 2 Dream Too—who put the kibosh on […]
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City, County Mull Creating Local Air Regulations In Light of Cadmium, Arsenic Findings
Michelle Mitchell More than two weeks after the Mercury reported alarming arsenic and cadmium levels in air around a Southeast Portland glass factory, the heads of the city and county have issued their first public statement about the unfolding controversy. Mayor Charlie Hales and Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury have often deferred to state environmental […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—Elizabeth Elder and Rachel Milbauer of Portland podcast Party Boyz celebrate the release of their zine tonight with a rager featuring performances from Eyelids, My Body, and Golden Hour. Their newest edition includes art, prose, and comics from contributors Sallie Ford, Candace’s Sarah Nienaber, Mercury photographer Katie Summer, and many more. CIARA DOLANMississippi Studios, 3939 […]
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“My Concern for America Continues”
AMERICA is turning into a burning garbage heap of immorality and tyranny. Hello, I’m Phillip Abernathy, and I’m a fourth grader at Donald M. Adams Elementary School—and my concern for America continues. Yes, I may be “only” nine years old, but my eyes are wide open to the bureaucratic corruption that has polluted America—and, by […]
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Tonight, a Genesis Tribute Band Will Recreate Prog-Rock’s Weirdest Moments
Selling England by the Pound came out almost 42 and a half years ago, but even on the day of its release in 1973 it must have seemed like a relic from another time. Genesis’ sixth album was perhaps the most cogent crystallization of the English art-rock band’s ideology thus far, a whorling reverie of […]
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: One Suggestion for First-Time, Bucket-List MMF Threesome
I am a women in her 40’s. A male friend of mine, who I have been having a sexual relationship with for many years, is dying of cancer. On his bucket list, he has requested for two threesomes—one with both me and another man, one with me and another woman. I haven’t found a girl […]
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Ground Kontrol Is Taking Over Backspace
Last night, Ground Kontrol hosted a five-year anniversary party celebrating the half-decade since the downtown “barcade” underwent significant renovation. Ground Kontrol took the opportunity to announce a major new development: It’s extending to the adjacent building, taking over the former space of all-ages cafe/venue Backspace, which has been sitting empty since Backspace shuttered its doors […]
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Gas Fumes Ignored for Years at Portland School for Troubled Kids
Alexa Grace Coe THE YOUNG STUDENTS at Four Corners School got an unexpected surprise on December 1, 2015. They got to go outside. Four Corners, a tiny K-8 on Portland’s easterly limits, typically minimizes access to the outdoors in the chill of winter. A therapeutic school where 47 students’ behavioral and mental health issues are […]
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Not That Mother-Scratcher
Quit making “must love your mother” or “must call your mother at least once a week” a criteria to date you. My mother was a real piece of work and I haven’t spoken to her in 10 years. She was an abusive drunk that chose booze over her own children. Drunken parties, sleeping around (cheating […]
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Good Morning, News: Overconfident Trump, Drunk Millennials, and Cliven Bundy’s Poor Ranching Skills
In case you missed it: Following news that Bullseye Glass had been emitting heavy metals into the air, Portland Public Schools officials told parents that no trace of carcinogens had been detected in the air quality at five nearby schools. Turns out the data they actually had on hand isn’t conclusive enough to back up […]