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Issue #34.21

| Published on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008

Issue Menu: March 26th, 2008 | April 9th, 2008

On the Cover
Bitter Pill
BY PHILIP DAWDY | A Portland doc flips on big pharma and reveals its “dirty little secret.”
32 comments
News
[Cops]
Cops, Shots And Shrooms
BY JAMES PITKIN | A new federal lawsuit targets police who killed a man on mushrooms.
220 comments
[Politics] [Shut Up & Vote]
D Is For Democrat, Differences And Debate
BY BETH SLOVIC | Where Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick disagree in the race for the U.S. Senate
6 comments
[Politics] [Shut Up & Vote]
Politics In Small Bites.
WW EDITORIAL STAFF | The first thing Obama and Clinton read during their weekly visits to Oregon.
2 comments
[City Hall] [Politics]
Sten's Final Four
BY COREY PEIN | One eye on the ball, the other on City Hall.
2 comments
[Homelessness]
Trading Spaces
BY AMANDA WALDROUPE | The city’s new winter shelter for women found lasting homes for many.
1 comment
[Consumer]
Rent: The Rise
BY JASON MOORE | Why your bill is climbing and why that’s likely to continue.
12 comments
[Healthcare]
Cavity Filled
BY BETH SLOVIC | OHSU won’t extract its North Portland dental clinic for now.
0 comments
Rogue of the Week
[Politics]
Sho Dozono
WW EDITORIAL STAFF | Please read before signing.
28 comments
Murmurs
Spring Cleaning for the Week
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
2 comments
The Score
Justice denied, place names mangled.
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
3 comments
Pop Quiz
[Politics] [Shut Up & Vote]
How many of your 12 opponents can you name?
BY COREY PEIN | WW’s weekly election feature—designed to scare the hell out of City Hall candidates.
0 comments
Letters to the Editor
Inbox
BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
4 comments
Culture
[Culture]
Crop Drop
BY DEEDA SCHROEDER | Get your greens—before it’s too late for our farmers to feed PDX’s growing appetite.
2 comments
[Performance]
Timberrr!
BY BEN WATERHOUSE | The mountain comes to The Armory.
0 comments
Queer Window
AIDS in the family
BY BYRON BECK | Not everyone knows how to deal with disease—not even the people who deal with it every day.
0 comments
SCOOP
Gossip should have no friends.
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
0 comments
Hot Seat
John Prendergast
BY SHEFALI KULKARNI | Why an anti-genocide activist canceled a trip to Portland and what he thinks about Angelina Jolie and granola bars.
0 comments
[Music]
Keep It Like A Secret
BY ANIKA SABIN | New Bloods unearth roots, but hold the marrow sacred.
0 comments
[Music]
Guidance Counselor, Wednesday & Thursday, April 2 & 3
BY NILINA MASON-CAMPBELL | Ian Anderson catches dreams and makes ’em danceworthy.
0 comments
[Music]
Rachel Taylor Brown, Half Hours With The Lower Creatures (Cutthroat Pop)
BY JEFF ROSENBERG | Album review
1 comment
Here Comes Your Fan
[Music]
What A Fool Believes...
BY AMY MCCULLOUGH | is that there’s no sun in Portland this spring.
0 comments
Clublist Spotlight
Virginia Cafe
BY AMY MCCULLOUGH | Smoke doesn’t get in your eyes.
0 comments
[Q & A]
Marjane Satrapi
BY AARON MESH | The Persepolis artist hates George W. but likes monkeys. Go figure.
1 comment
[Screen]
Portland Jewish Film Festival
BY AARON MESH | Oy to the world.
0 comments
Remotely Controlled
[Screen]
Band Of Fathers
BY DANIEL CARLSON | Why is John Adams next in the hearts of his countrymen? He’s on TV.
1 comment
[Performance]
Air-Condition (White Bird Dance)
BY HEATHER WISNER | PREVIEW: Brenda Angiel’s floating dance party.
0 comments
[Dish]
Fonda Rosa
BY BEN WATERHOUSE | It’s amazing what a good tortilleria can do.
2 comments
NIGHT CABBIE
I ask the two guys if there's going to be a problem with the payment...
BY NIGHT CABBIE | [CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK]
20 comments
Headout Picks
Blood Lines
BY BYRON BECK | What’s with this city and blood, anyway?
0 comments
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