Why even bother closing on Thanksgiving? Target employees are seeing red after the retailer announced its stores will open at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving night, cutting into holiday time for workers. An online petition asking Target to not open on Thanksgiving has over 179,000 signatures, and the number continues to rise.…This year, Walmart, Toys R […]
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Who Were the Biggest Losers?
The rich guys who, emboldened by Citizens United, tried to buy the election for Romney and other conservatives: At the private air terminal at Logan Airport in Boston early Wednesday, men in unwrinkled suits sank into plush leather chairs as they waited to board Gulfstream jets, trading consolations over Mitt Romney’s loss the day before. […]
Posted inCity Hall
Sorry, Charlie! Council Okays $2.388 Million in New Cuts
How’s that hangover, Mayor-elect Charlie Hales? With revenues already falling a bit short in Portland’s delicately crafted 2012-13 operating budget, Portland City Council this morning unanimously approved $2.388 million in new budget cuts. The money comes out of budgets immediately, but bureaus will be able to spend the next several weeks sifting through their budgets […]
Posted inCops
Another Family Resisting Foreclosure Evicted From Home
A week after housing activists rallied around a family facing eviction in Outer Southeast—a confrontation that drew riot cops and saw the use of pepper spray—the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office this morning took a more strategic approach when showing up at another Portland home where a family had vowed to defy an order to quit. […]
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Water Bill Prompts Eviction Notice for Woman Protesting Foreclosure
Denis C. Theriault Scores of people showed up this morning at the foreclosed home of a Northeast Portland woman waging what’s now become a two-front battle in her bid to keep from being kicked to the street. Alicia Jackson—who reoccupied her home on May Day while pressing a claim that her foreclosure was illegal—has since […]
Posted inTech
Our “Apple Preview” is the Best “Apple Preview”
In case you missed it, yesterday’s verrrrry funny “Apple iPhone 5 Announcement Preview!” by our own Alex Falcone attracted a lot of attention—and landed the top spot on this morning’s Google Finance page. And since then it’s drawn both the ire and admiration of Apple fan boys and haters alike! Here are just a couple […]
Posted inEthics
This Ad on TVGuide.com Might Be In Poor Taste
So all I’m trying to do is figure out when America’s Next Top Model is on (answer: it is always on) and then WAIT WHAT
Posted inMusic
Luck-One & Dizz: “Get. Your. Money.” feat. Tope & Epp
Here’s the first single from Luck-One and Dizz‘s new record, Critical Mass, which comes out October 13. The deliberately punctuated “Get. Your. Money.” first hit the intertubes a couple months ago, but here’s the accompanying video, as it’s not too late to bask in the (very catchy) track’s summery vibes. Tope and Epp also appear […]
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Mayor Pitches Plan to Give West Hayden Island to the Port
ANNA SHELTON If everything lines up as expected, the fate of West Hayden Island—800 acres of mostly untouched wilderness that’s been coveted for years by the Port of Portland—could be decided before the end of this year. After months and months of high-level discussions among insiders and wonks, a parade of public votes and hearings […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Video Verite to Close in October
Via So here’s some shitty news. Marc Mohan, the owner of N Mississippi’s video store, Video Verite—and a movie critic for the Oregonian, and a hell of a nice guy—has announced on the store’s Facebook page that he’ll be closing up shop in mid-October: We regret to announce that, barring a miracle, Video Verite will […]
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Is Portland Actually the Place Young People Go to Retire?
Slate writer Matt Yglesias was visiting Portland last week and kept hearing the same stale joke: “Portland is the place where young people go to retire.” Eventually, he figured out that the joke is from Portlandia. But then he decided to dig into the wonky economic graphs and see if the punchline is true. The […]