Clean off the top of your car!! Or don’t!! Portlanders are nothing if not judgmental. And this never ceases, even when there’s 4-8 inches of snow on the ground. Therefore, it’s time to have a MERCURY SNOW POLL™ to determine if your ethical choices during this snow emergency are on point and in accordance with […]
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This Week’s Letters to the Editor: RIP, Club 21
Facebook RE: “Yes, It’s True: Iconic Portland Dive Bar Club 21 Is Closing” [Blogtown, Jan 10]. “The bar will do its last days of business this weekend, with the Club’s final night being Sunday, January 15,” wrote Senior Editor Ned Lannamann. “The iconic building itself will be demolished at some point to make room for […]
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Can Portlandia Be Funny In the Age of Trump?
What’s so funny about loving bikes and trying to save the planet? IFC Season 7 of Portlandia premiered Thursday on IFC. The comedy show, which stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, continues to make fun of white, urban, progressive people who would never vote for Trump—indeed, who, if given the chance, would for Bernie Sanders. […]
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2017 New Year’s Resolutions (Most of Which We’ve Probably Already Broken)
JESSICA STEIN I resolve to continue my commitment to not drinking green juice or weighing myself. Ever. I resolve to make an angry face at any man who grins at me on the street like we know each other when we don’t know each other. I resolve to unfollow Donald Trump on Twitter. I’m not […]
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Here’s Your List of All the Best New Year’s Eve Parties!
HAEJIN PARK It’s been a rough and confusing year. And while there’s no promise that 2017 is going to get a whole lot better, you deserve to hit pause for a night and celebrate. New Year’s Eve is, depending on your outlook, either a chance to reflect on what’s past and what’s to come, or […]
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Alex Falcone’s Things Not Invited Back in 2017
Allison Kerek Well, shit. Normally this yearly wrap-up is a fun exploration of silly little things around Portland that are irritating me. Normally. Right now, though, it’s difficult to focus on the little stuff when 46 percent of the country just elected the alien in a farmer’s body from Men in Black to be the […]
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The Mercury Staff Favorite Stories of 2016
We wrote a lot of stories this year. Most of them were flipping awesome, but some of them were even better than that. Here are the staff-favorite stories from the Portland Mercury in 2016. From December: Hilliard and Johnny Cash. PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE OREGONIAN The Original Portland Challenger: The Life of William A. Hilliard, […]
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The Mercury‘s Most Read Stories of 2016
As if you wanted to relive this year, here are the top 10 most read stories from our site. DOUG BROWN 1. TRUMP PROTESTS: Cops Helped A Massive Anti-Trump Protest Shut Down I-5 on Wednesday 2. CLEAN UP AFTER TRUMP PROTESTS: Portland Activists Have Raised More than $32,000 to Pay For Thursday Night’s Vandalism 3. […]
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Portland’s Publication Studio is Closing
Just shy of its eighth birthday, Portland’s Publication Studio is closing up shop. “This is a bittersweet decision but one that we’re forced to make due to financial reasons involving the rising, untenable cost of running a tiny business in a Portland, Oregon economy that no longer has room for us,” wrote the studio’s proprietresses, […]
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Snowpocalypse Then! A Fond Remembrance of Portland’s 2008 Snow Storm
Yesterday’s Snowpocalypse was the first real traffic disaster of the “new” Portland (“new” meaning since the last large wave of transplants moved in… no sweat though, I love you guys!). And while I’m sure loads of hilarious video will emerge from last night’s snowstorm, let’s revisit one from Portland circa. 2008—and this car-skidding mashup titled, […]
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Snowpocalypse Now! Portland Practically Shut Down by Snow
The Snowpocalypse has struck and Portland is currently in full panic and “abandon your cars” mode. Traffic is at a standstill, thousands of cars are reportedly stranded, school buses are unable to pick up kids in certain areas, and people are getting home in any way possible. Here’s what’s going on at the moment: Traffic […]
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The Original Portland Challenger
The Life of William A. Hilliard, Portland’s Pioneering Black Newspaperman
In 1938, an 11-year-old boy was turned down for a paper route job for being black. What he went on to do in the newspaper industry was remarkable.