The Celebration of Black Lives march, Juneteenth, 2020. Suzette Smith It was a beautiful day for a Juneteenth march. At North Portland’s Peninsula Park, crowds spilled through the public rose garden, past the gazebo, and onto the grassy lawn. Since it was 2:30 in the afternoon, on a day forecasted to reach 86 degrees, the […]
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Live Updates: Protesting Police Brutality in Portland on Juneteenth, Part Two
Celebration of Black Lives March, Juneteenth Suzette Smith Editor’s Note: Several tweets embedded in this live blog refer to Portland police officers shooting munitions into a crowd of protesters, when—according to the Portland Police Bureau—it was deputies with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office who fired those munitions. There may be other instances in which our […]
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Live Updates: Protesting Police Brutality in Portland on Juneteenth
Terry Schrunk Plaza, Juneteenth. Alex Zielinski UPDATE 6 PM: Meanwhile back at King Elementary Park, Suzette has returned from rightly scolding someone for leaving their dog in a hot car (SERIOUSLY DUDE???) and is listening to speakers there. He encourages Black youth, especially women, to go into politics. “Until you have representation that looks like […]
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Protests and Rallies for Juneteenth Weekend in the Portland Area
Sergio Olmos There are lot of ways to participate in rallies, marches, and protests in the Portland area for Juneteenth (Friday June 19), as well as the weekend. You can find all these and many more in the Mercury‘s Protests and Resistance Calendar. KNOW OF ANY WE’RE MISSING? Email us here! UPDATE: Here’s a youth […]
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Delete Your Black Square Post
Please do me a favor and don’t post this black square on your Instagram. Courtesy of Wikiquote Late last night and early this morning, a flood of black squares filled my Instagram feed. The posts were part of Blackout Tuesday, a “social media movement” (a.k.a. chainmail) meant to visually symbolize a moment of silence taken […]
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Resisting Patriot Prayer: How to Creatively Humiliate the Joey Gibsons of the World
KAREN DUCEY / GETTY IMAGES Let’s start with the obvious: Joey Gibson is a dork. While achieving moderate fame for being the leader of far right-wing group Patriot Prayer, in actuality, Gibson is just a loud-mouth, small-town nobody who, without the internet’s help, would’ve lived and died as another angry, put-upon dude spending his lunchtime […]
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Resisting Patriot Prayer, Part One: How to Talk About Alt-Right Groups
Fighting right-wing extremism begins at home.
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Resisting Patriot Prayer, Part Two: How to Creatively Humiliate the Joey Gibsons of the World
Let’s start with the obvious: The leader of Patriot Prayer is a dork.
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Examining Resistance: A Glossary of New Terms
What are all these new words? We define some terms to explain what’s happening in resistance right now.
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Updating Your Self-Care Regimen
Self-care is more important than ever. Here are some things that work, and some that don’t.
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How We Got Through the Last Two Years, and How We’ll Get Through the Next Two
How we got through the last two years, and how we’ll get through the next two.