Opinion
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Remembering Judith Arcana
Portland’s own underground abortionist-turned-poet was a legend. She was also my friend.
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An Amphibian Resistance
There’s a movement leaping into action through Portland’s inflatable frog protest mascots. Their real-life amphibian counterparts are resisters, too, but they need our help.
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Street View: Sundays Are For Open Streets
Inspired by similar events in Latin America, Portland hosted its first Sunday Parkways event in 2008. Nearly 20 years later, the city has yet to fully commit to the open streets concept.
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Street View: The Band-Aid Bill
Nobody really likes the Democrats’ transportation funding package. But Republicans are wrong when they say it’s not a compromise.
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Normandale Survivors Asked Police For An Explanation. What Portland Got Was a Partial Apology and More Excuses.
Three years after the Normandale Park shooting, I have the uneasy feeling that my city has moved on, failing to absorb important lessons about its most expensive bureau.
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Street View: For Transportation in Portland, “Dreaming Big” Might Mean Starting Small
We can’t have it all.
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“Dear Elon Musk: Here’s What I Accomplished Last Week”
Mercury Editor Wm. Steven Humphrey answers Elon Musk’s threatening weekend email to federal employees.
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Why RFK Isn’t a Joke
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is defiantly ignorant—which is why he’s so dangerous.