“Hey dummy, when we need your help we’ll ask for it.” Chip Somodevilla / Staff / Getty 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’!) • As of yesterday, Oregon had 1,321 positive COVID-19 cases (that we know […]
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City Will Open Three Emergency Tent Villages for Homeless Portlanders Next Week
Right 2 Dream Too, one of Portland’s longtime houseless villages Mercury Staff The hundreds of houseless Portlanders unable to follow Gov. Kate Brown’s stay-at-home order will have the option of sleeping in a city-run tent village beginning next week. The City of Portland, in collaboration with homeless service provider JOIN, is set to open three […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri April 10
Go to Pickathon!Pickathon’s response to COVID trying to mess up everyone’s outdoor music festival fun? A 60-day long streaming series, spanning multiple online platforms, and featuring full sets by artists including Jeff Tweedy, Mac DeMarco, People Under the Stairs, Damien Jurado, Charles Bradley, Tank and the Bangas, and many, many more. Many of these performances […]
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Malheur Militia’s Ammon Bundy Vows to Hold Large Easter Gathering in Defiance of State Orders
Ammon Bundy is planning on violating social distancing orders to have a large Easter gathering this weekend. Justin Sullivan / Getty News As we wrote late last month, former Malheur Wildlife Refuge militia member (or “terrorist” if you want to put a finer point on it) Ammon Bundy has shown up again in the news […]
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Good Morning, News: County Extends Eviction Moratorium, Immunity Tests on the Way, and Republicans are America’s Greatest Health Danger
We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus has threatened our ability to keep producing the Mercury. If you’re able, please consider donating to the Mercury. Republicans like Ron DeSantis pose the greatest risk to Americans right now. Joe Raedle / Getty News GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! I was chillin’ with my Kool-Aid, when […]
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The Mercury Cheer Up Club: A Hilarious Pile of Stuff to Laugh and Smile About!
I know you’re bored… but gluing your dog to the ceiling? REALLY? Twitter Screen Shot HAVE YOU JUST ABOUT HAD ENOUGH OF THIS DAY? Me too, team! That’s why it’s important to shake off the blues of a depressing day with some all-star, grade-A funny stuff from the internet that’s sure to put your evening […]
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Multnomah County Extends Eviction Moratorium to July
ANASTASIIA_NEW / GETTY IMAGES Multnomah County renters whose incomes have been severely impacted by COVID-19 have been granted an additional three-month buffer from being evicted due to unpaid rent. On Thursday, Multnomah County Commissioners voted to extend the county’s state of emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by 90 days, bumping the original April […]
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Immigrant Rights Groups Call for Unemployment Support for Undocumented Oregonians
Montes-Bradley / Getty Images The economic fallout of COVID-19 has forced thousands of Oregonians to flood the state’s unemployment office, clogging phone lines, delaying response times, and adding to an already inflated sense of uncertainty among the newly unemployed. Despite these bureaucratic logjams, most Oregonians applying for unemployment are confident that their claims will result […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Update: COVID Traps Oregon Prisoners, 1 in 8 Workers Lose Jobs, and Bill Barr is a Lying Traitor
Attorney General Bill Barr joins Trump in spreading deadly disinformation. Bill Pugliano / 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’!) • As of Wednesday, there were 58 new Oregon COVID-19 cases (28 of those […]
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Stuck Inside, Portlanders Do Zoom Photoshoots, Index Rock Collections, and Perform In Costumes
Ariela Subar Hello and welcome to Coping While Quarantined, a web column about the projects Portlanders are taking up while staying at home! Our first submission this week comes from photographer Ariela Subar, who has started doing virtual photoshoots of friends and strangers through Zoom, every social distancer’s favorite video chat platform. From Ariela: “Some […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Thurs April 9
{{ image:1, align:center, width:500 }} Free HBO!In a move that is equal parts “Hey, you’re cooped up, enjoy some stuff we already licensed to Amazon, but for reals free this time!” and “Enjoy this taste so when we drop HBO Max next month you’ll say fuck it and stay signed up” HBO has made about […]
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UPDATED With ASL Interpretation: For Deaf Oregonians, COVID-19 Is Compounding Existing Challenges
An ASL interpreter signs while Gov. Kate Brown gives an update on COVID-19 in March. motoYA NAKAMURA / MULTNOMAH COUNTY Update, Thursday April 9: We’re now including an ASL interpretation of this article from a Certified Deaf Interpreter. Original English version, Tuesday April 7: Like many Portlanders, LilLouie Barrios isn’t going to work right now. […]