Cover Story At 2:42 am, Tres Shannon decides we need to see if Occupy Portland has shut down the Port of Portland. It’s a Tuesday morning, 30 minutes after Shannon’s weekly set at Dante’s with his Kar More
Voodoo Child
Doughnut kingpin Tres Shannon wants to make the whole city his fun park.
Cover Story At 2:42 am, Tres Shannon decides we need to see if Occupy Portland has shut down the Port of Portland. It’s a Tuesday morning, 30 minutes after Shannon’s weekly set at Dante’s with his Kar More
NikeLeaks
Thanks to Julian Assange, we now know how Oregon’s top company fights corruption, counterfeiting and Croatian smugglers.
Cover Story Packed aboard buses and flatbed trucks, the workers rolled through the wide boulevards of the central business district of Indonesia’s capital toward the tall towers of the Jakarta Stock Excha More
Renter’s Hell
Portlanders pay a steep price in the nation’s toughest rental market.
Cover Story The first place Lindsay Bozanich finally found to rent this year came with fingernail clippings in the bed. They probably belonged to the former resident of her $800 Murphy bed-equipped More
Progress Without Pepper Spray
How a burger baron, four indie rockers, a bleeding-heart Muslim and a group of trash tour guides are fighting for the 99%.
Cover Story The air is hot and humid in the Portland Building’s dimly lit second-floor auditorium. A mix of flannel-clad twentysomethings, long-haired retirees and fussy neighborhood-watch types have filled More
Political Animals
A field guide to the six groups that will choose the next mayor.
Cover Story An L-shaped, linoleum-floored, union hall basement at Southeast 32nd Avenue and Powell Boulevard provided the perfect stage last week to show how power in Portland works. It was ther More
A City’s Riches
Introducing four Portlanders who do fabulous work for local nonprofits.
Cover Story You are about to meet a few special people. When Willamette Week decided to award prizes each year to Portlanders under the age of 36 who perform great service for local More
War Bribes
An Oregon businessman wanted to get “filthy stinking rich.” Now he’s linked to a bribery case and risks losing his biggest customer: the U.S. Military.
Cover Story Many successful business owners can’t resist showing off. They get their name in the newspaper... More
Notes From the Occupation
48 hours inside Occupy Portland.
Cover Story DJ Nick is back. He needs to get out of here, because DJ Nick is trouble. He’s just one of the problem people the Safety/Peacekeeping Committee worries about in the Occupy Portland camps. Th More
The Other Portland
It’s poor, it’s dangerous, it’s growing like crazy—and it’s more important than ever.
Cover Story In case you didn’t get the invite, Portland is an endless party in a shining urban utopia where everyone has a $1,000 bicycle, eats locally sourced gourmet dishes from food carts and is blindingly More
Project Censored: The Year’s Most Ignored News
The “sock puppets” the Pentagon doesn’t want you to know about—and 9 other stories you didn’t hear from the mainstream media.
Cover Story In an age of blogs, tweets, hacks and piles of beans spilled by Wikileaks... More
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Best New Band 2011
The 10 local acts Portland’s music insiders are talking about (and listening to). Best New Band 2012
10 local acts that Portland’s music insiders think you should hear. Election is Coming
For the City Hall throne and other races, we reveal our picks for the 2012 primary. Elizabeth Lynn Dunham: May 12, 1961-Jan. 16, 2011
More Than a Victim. The Other Portland
It’s poor, it’s dangerous, it’s growing like crazy—and it’s more important than ever. Tech Wizards of the Silicon Forest
The aggressive dork CEOs spearheading Portland’s startup scene. Risky Business
There’s a time for playing it safe... and our 2012 Endorsement Issue says this is one of them. Cheat Local!
Portland helped make Groupon a giant. Here’s how local businesses get crushed. Best New Band 2013
10 local acts that Portland’s music insiders think you should hear.
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