PAIGE MEHRER At a lecture in Portland last October, Isabel Wilkerson—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author who wrote about the great migration of Black Americans from the south to the north—said that when people leave a place, it’s often a referendum on the very place they leave. So then what does it mean when I, and other […]
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How Portland Is Driving Away New Residents of Color
The City Wasn’t Giving Me What I Needed—Which Is Why I Left
Portland isn’t taking care of their people of color—so I left.
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Today in Demolition: The Ancient Order of United Workmen Temple
You will be missed. Bri Brey An iconic Portland building is being demolished today: The Ancient Order of United Workmen Temple on the corner of SW 2nd and Taylor appears to be coming down. The 125-year-old building was designed by Justus Krumbein, a prominent Portland architect who also designed the second state capitol in Salem. […]
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Nope, Can’t Watch the Eclipse There
NASA Are you not leaving Portland for the eclipse because you don’t want to wear a diaper while stuck in traffic for 15 hours just to see three minutes of yarn pouring out of the sun? That’s okay! You can see 99.4 percent of this meteorological event from right here inside Portland. It’s no totality, […]
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Cutest Pet Photo Contest: Sora vs. Bart and Django vs. Darla
We received a huge volume of cute entries in our Cutest Pet Photo contest, and a select sweet 16 made the final cut. To be clear: Every pet that entered is a winner in our eyes, but only one will take home the commemorative plaque! Who will it be? You decide! Today, we’re moving on […]
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Cutest Pet Photo Contest: Bun Bun vs. Johnny; Louie vs. Chauncey
We received a huge volume of cute entries in our Cutest Pet Photo contest, and a select sweet 16 made the final cut. To be clear: Every pet that entered is a winner in our eyes, but only one will take home the commemorative plaque! Who will it be? You decide! Today, we’re moving on […]
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Cutest Pet Photo Contest: Lulu and Trotskey vs. Django; Pedro vs. Darla
We received a huge volume of cute entries in our Cutest Pet Photo contest, and a select sweet 16 made the final cut. To be clear: Every pet that entered is a winner in our eyes, but only one will take home the commemorative plaque! Who will it be? You decide! Today, vote on Round […]
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Cutest Pet Photo Contest: Bowie vs. Sora and Bart vs. Vinnie
We received a huge volume of cute entries in our Cutest Pet Photo contest, and a select sweet 16 made the final cut. To be clear: Every pet that entered is a winner in our eyes, but only one will take home the commemorative plaque! Who will it be? You decide! Today, vote on Round […]
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Cutest Pet Photo Contest: Ottis vs. Louie and Chauncey vs. Lola
We received a huge volume of cute entries in our Cutest Pet Photo contest, and a select sweet 16 made the final cut. To be clear: Every pet that entered is a winner in our eyes, but only one will take home the commemorative plaque! Who will it be? You decide! Today, vote on Round […]
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Cutest Pet Photo Contest: Samwise vs. Bun Bun and Joy vs. Johnny
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We received a huge volume of cute entries in our Cutest Pet Photo contest, and a select sweet 16 made the final cut. To be clear: Every pet that entered is a winner in our eyes, but only one will take home the commemorative plaque! Who will it be? You decide! Today, vote on Round […]
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New Column: Ask a Motorist Stuck on the Hawthorne Bridge for 45 Minutes!
RAPIDEYE / GETTY IMAGES Dear Motorist Stuck on the Hawthorne Bridge for 45 Minutes: My parents are visiting Portland for the first time. Can you suggest any cool places to take them? —Janice R., Southeast Portland GAAAAAHHHHH FUCKING GODDAMN TRAFFIC SHIT FUCK… MOVE!! (Honk! Honk!) MOVE YOUR GODDAMN PIECE OF SHIT CAR!! (Honk!) YOU WANT […]
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This Week’s Letters to the Editor (Feat. Yellowing Old Man Toenails)
ANDREAS TERLAAK RE: “Things To Do” [July 26], in which Senior Editor Ned Lannamann encouraged Mercury readers to see Neil Diamond at the Moda Center. “No one’s taken more knocks than the perennially uncool Neil Diamond,” Lannamann wrote, “and yet here he stands, more than 50 years after his first hit, ‘Solitary Man,’ still packing […]