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Why Ireland's President Is Coming To Portland


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Looking for a sure way to duck out from under that spreading recession raincloud?

Think for a second about how wimpy our "severe economic downturn" looks next to the    More
 
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 by Katie Gilbert

A Day In The Life of A Strike


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Now in their 73rd day of striking, workers and retirees of Oak Harbor Freight Lines rallied today to protest what they call the "unfair labor practices" of their Auburn, Wash.-bas...   More
 
Thursday, December 4, 2008 by Katie Gilbert

Obama, Abortion, and What Some Portland Churches Think About Both


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So much for a new post-partisanship world with the election of Barack Obama — at least from one cluster of Portland congregations.

Gregg Harris — teaching elder, founder of Household of Faith Community Church, and r...   More
 
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 by Katie Gilbert

An Old Addition

A manager twice accused of date rape is back at a Southeast bar.


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Two recent employees at Sewickly Addition, a bar on Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, say they’re concerned a manager accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women is back on the job. Employees ...   More
 
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 Katie Gilbert

They Make You Wanna Shout

Memo to anti-gay protesters: Portland doesn’t have a Swedish consulate…or much sympathy for your cause.


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A handful of anti-gay protesters from a notorious Kansas church descended Monday on downtown Portland to picket Portland State University as well as the German and Swedish consulates. As is typical f ...   More
 
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Katie Gilbert

Anti-Gay Demonstrators Can't Find A Swedish Consulate in Portland But Do Find Plenty of Counter-Protesters


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Followers of notorious anti-gay protester Fred Phelps visited Portland this morning, armed with signage listing the various people they claim God hates ("fag...   More
 
Monday, November 24, 2008 by Katie Gilbert

Nonviolent Femmes

Sisters of the Road invites Portland to come learn the steps of the nonviolent movement.


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At the end of a recent three-hour civil disobedience training session at Sisters of the Road Cafe, speaker Tom Hastings asked the 25 attendees whether they had read the introduction to Lives of a Cell ...   More
 
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Katie Gilbert

Heads-Up to "Leftist" Donors: Howard Rich is Watching You


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Watch out, all you sleazy, law-dodging liberal donors in Oregon and around the country. Americans for Limited Government has its eye on you.

That's the basic sentiment of a letter from New Yorker    More
 
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 by Katie Gilbert

VIDEO: An Anonymous Tour Inside Scientology's PDX Offices


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Local anti-Scientology group Portland Anonymous apparently made it across enemy lines last weekend and into the offices of L. Ron Hubbard's Portland outpost -- video cam in tow. Here's the video:

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 by Katie Gilbert

Protest Over California's Prop 8 Planned in Portland


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You can live in Oregon and still be pissed about Proposition 8, the amendment our neighbors to the south approved on Tuesday to ban gay marriage in California.

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Monday, November 10, 2008 by Katie Gilbert
 

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