DOMINIC DEVENUTA IN MID-SEPTEMBER, some seven months after Bullseye Glass entered a vortex of regulatory oversight and community outrage over emissions of poisonous heavy metals, it was still sending toxic materials into its neighborhood. Stormwater runoff from the Southeast Portland glassmaker’s roof contained levels of five hazardous heavy metals as much as 33 times the […]
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The Conjuring 2: Watch Out, Colon!
For horror fans accustomed to wandering through acres of dreck for a meager jolt, James Wan is the real deal. The Conjuring 2, the director’s return to the horror game after the amiably knuckleheaded Furious 7, is a brilliantly staged, strangely exhausting work of a filmmaker in complete thrall to his chosen genre. This is […]
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“Let’s Do It” with Bri Pruett: The Greatest Love of All
Illustration: Erika Moen I’m sneezing a bunch so that must mean SPRING FEVER IS HERE. If you’re feeling frisky, it’s time brush up on the greatest love of all, because in the immortal words of Ru Paul “IF YOU CAN’T LOVE YOURSELF, HOW IN THE HELL YOU GONNA LOVE SOMEONE ELSE? Can I get an […]
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Bus Ad in Los Angeles
So people who live in a blue cities are essentially saying to people who live in red states… Dear Gun Owners, Please don’t kill your kids. Love,People Who Don’t Own Guns It will fall on deaf ears. We were a bit less gentle in the Urban Archipelago… To red-state voters, to the rural voters, residents […]
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“Should I Get Tested for Arsenic or Cadmium?”—A Doctor Responds
A lot of people who live, work, or send their children to school near SE Powell and 22nd, where elevated levels of arsenic and cadmium have been found, are rightfully concerned and wonder if they should get themselves and/or their children tested. In Dirk’s post from last night, the Oregon Health Authority didn’t see the […]
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#ShoutYourAbortion: The Protester Spit On Me
In my second year of college, I had to make a difficult phone call. I’d stared at the phone for almost two hours before I actually picked it up and dialed. I was fairly calm, until I heard her voice: “Hello?” All I said was “Mom?” and then I started sobbing. My mom was not […]
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Watch the President of Planned Parenthood Hand an Anti-Choice Congressman His Ass
Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, testified before a House Oversight Committee this morning. NYT: In testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the president, Cecile Richards, faced off against conservative lawmakers who are seeking to strip federal funding from Planned Parenthood after videos released by anti-abortion activists purported to show officials […]
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Everything as Fuck: Ian Goes to the Gym
Illustration: Ryan Alexander-Tanner SO I’VE FINALLY started going to the gym. Well, that’s not true, I’ve always kind of gone to the gym. In the way where you go three to four times a week and you buy a menagerie of superfoods and you meander through the juicers at the store and wonder aloud how […]
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NYT Glosses Over Republican Efforts to Drive Up Abortion Rate in Colorado
The New York Times writes up Colorado’s hugely successful effort—funded by a private grant—to combat unplanned pregnancies in that state: Over the past six years, Colorado has conducted one of the largest experiments with long-acting birth control. If teenagers and poor women were offered free intrauterine devices and implants that prevent pregnancy for years, state […]
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What Every Menstruating Woman Should Know
Sasimoto/Shutterstock.com One-hundred-percent cotton tampons are the safest. Have you read this Vice story about a young woman who was nearly killed by toxic shock syndrome (TSS)? The horrifying details: After suffering from flu-like symptoms, 24-year-old Lauren Wasser collapsed with a 107-degree fever, was rushed to the hospital where she was placed in a medically induced […]
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Blistering Anti-Vaxxer PSA
Since Oregon is almost as guilty of this as Los Angeles, take a few minutes to check out Jimmy Kimmel’s hilariously blistering rant against those who refuse to vaccinate their children. Yep, some of the jokes are of the “slow moving target” variety, but by the time he has actual doctors chime in with their […]
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Conan Devises the Perfect Antidote for Unvaccinated Kids
Are you one of those parents who refuse to vaccinate your kids? Well, I’m not going to judge you!* However, if you have unvaccinated kids that are being unfairly discriminated against,** then don’t miss this commercial that was featured on last night’s Conan O’Brien, called the “Kind Hearts Day Care for Unvaccinated Kids.” It is […]