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UPDATED: Street Roots Staff Announce Intent to Unionize

Workers at Street Roots plan to join Communications Workers of America, adding to the growing ranks of local news outlets with union representation.

UPDATED: December 10, 4:15 pm—  The Street Roots board has declined to voluntarily recognize the union. According to the Street Roots Workers Guild, the board notified the NLRB of the decision on December 9, citing their wish to reduce the bargaining unit by two members who they are ineligible for the union due to their […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

Holiday kinks, sneaky sex, anal etiquette, and more in this edition of Savage Love: Quickies!

What’s the sexiest holiday food to eat off someone’s body? While food can be sensuous, you don’t eat food off someone’s body unless you’re fucking or about to fuck… and fucking on a full stomach is uncomfortable, which is why I’m always urging people to #FuckFirst” on Valentine’s Day (and their wedding days, birthdays, anniversaries), […]

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Good Morning, News: Local Athletes Face Racist Attacks, Missing Woman’s Husband Arrested for Murder, and Biden Pardons Biden

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]

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An East Portland School Grapples With Racism and Ineffective State Response

Athletes at David Douglas High report racial slurs hurled at them by opponents during games. Families and coaches say Oregon has no meaningful solutions for accountability.

Two years ago, Rich Linwood was watching his son play an eighth grade football game at Sandy High School. When the game ended, he realized something was wrong.  “Players were coming off the field crying, and we were like, ‘Okay, we’ll get ‘em next time,’” Linwood said. “And they were like, ‘You don’t understand. The […]

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POP QUIZ PDX: Grave Robbers, Sex Scandals, and Your Mom Has Some OPINIONS About Thanksgiving Dinner!

See how well YOU score on this week’s super fun trivia quiz!

HOWDY THERE, SMARTY BUTT! It’s time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week’s edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And in this edition, we’re testing your knowledge on a variety of topics including local grave robbers, scandalous sex scandals, and… oh. Your mom called and she […]

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Good Morning, News: Dems Win Oregon Supermajority, Cleaning Up Ross Island, and How to Respond to Idiot Relatives 🦃

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and […]

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Oregon DEQ Wants New Requirements for Ross Island Sand & Gravel’s Willamette River Cleanup

The proposed new rules come after a lawsuit alleging the DEQ failed to hold the former gravel company accountable for Willamette River water quality.

For 75 years, Ross Island Sand & Gravel mined the bottom of the Willamette River, significantly altered the habitat of the river near Ross Island. The company ceased mining there in 2001, but the environmental impacts of the company’s extraction still linger. Now, Ross Island Sand & Gravel faces a state mandate to help restore […]

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Hear in Portland: Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme’s Holiday Humor Intensifies

Plus, the Barbaras play an unmissable irreverent post-Thanksgiving country show and Fountaine’s “throw away album” catches flame.

The political climate and sullen vibe in these streets calls for some escapism and we’re fortunate that in an artsy, music-loving town like Portland, there’s never a dull moment. This week, we’re touting an irreverent post-holiday country show on Friday and a post-holiday evening of drag, music, and comedy at the end of December. If […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Turkey Run

When he says “eat me,” he means it literally.

Dear Readers: I’m off for Thanksgiving. I was to tempted to re-run this column again — which has the single best Thanksgiving-related question that has ever appeared in an advice column — but I re-ran that column last year. So, instead I’m re-upping a column that appeared just before Thanksgiving in 2016. — Dan I’m […]

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Unionized New Seasons Workers to Strike on Wednesday Before Thanksgiving

The New Seasons Labor Union has been in contract negotiations with the company for almost two years. Workers want customers to boycott the company until an agreement is reached.

New Seasons workers at 11 unionized stores in Portland and Beaverton plan to walk off the job on Wednesday, November 27, for a one-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike. Union members say they scheduled the strike for the day before Thanksgiving—one of the busiest shopping days of the year—to exert their leverage amid lagging labor […]

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Good Morning, News: New Seasons’ Pre-Thanksgiving Strike, Beware Busy Holiday Travel, and Will Dipshit Elon Musk Buy MSNBC?

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]

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