Multnomah County’s Crowded Jails Mean Early Inmate Releases

The County’s Jail Capacity is at its Lowest in Decades

From Slacktivism to Activism

Resistance Events for the Week of July 26-August 1

Blossom Is Portland’s Superwoman

Tease Is the Singer’s Sparkling Debut with Hot16

Play Me: Neil Diamond’s Best Albums

Scour the Dollar Bins for These Gems, Which Are Overdue for Critical Reappraisal

Sneaker Wave

The Latest in Portland Hip-Hop

Things to Do Music: July 26-August 1

Noteworthy Shows This Week

Things To Do Film: July 28-August 3

This Week: Girls Trip, Red Rock West, and the Fucking Emoji Movie

In City of Ghosts, Syrian Journalists Fight ISIS with Words

The Tragedies—and Triumphs—of Raqqa’s Citizen Journalists

With Endless Poetry, Alejandro Jodorowsky Paints a Self Portrait

And It’s a Visual Stunner.

Lady Macbeth: Oh Great, It’s Ted Bundy in a Hoopskirt

Where’s the Real Lady Macbeth When You Need Her?

Atomic Blonde Is Cooler Than You and Your Crusty Old Dude Spies

Spies on Spies on Spies

At Elizabeth Leach Gallery, No More Boring Art

John Baldessari’s Picaresque Conceptual Work Comes to Portland

Meet Me in the Bathroom and New York’s Last Gasp of Cool

Lizzy Goodman’s Oral History Falls Prey to the Format’s Shortcomings

Döner Kebab Forever

Spitz Specializes in the Turkish Granddaddy of Street Food

Rosé Your Way

Frozé, Brosé or Mixed With Sprite: Drink Your Summer Water However You Want

Muay Thai Saved My Life

I Was Deep Inside an Existential Clusterfuck—Until Thai Boxing Rewired My Brain

Tongues’ New God Flow

Portland’s Anders Nilsen Debuts a New Comic, With Greek Drama, God Drama, and Strange Wars

This Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!

The Walls Have Eyes

Big Banks Are Still Scared of Pot

A New Player Is Offering Bank Accounts to Oregon Canna-Businesses

It’s a Cannabuzz Reader Mailbag Edition!

In Which Our Pot Expert A’s Your Q’s, Again

The Week in Review

Enter Your Cute Pet in the Mercury’s Cutest Pet Photo Contest!

Letters to the Editor

“This Place Is Our Home. We Came Here to Get Away from You.”

Apples and Oranges

Your "lawn care" products only create dead zones

Tater Tots Friend

Maybe Try "Stay Classy San Diego"

Be a Parent

Double Double Standard

Killing Humanity

Savage Love

Creepers

A Dirty Angel Potluck

Heavy Hitters at the New Know