Environment
DEQ excludes much of Oregon’s marine waters from protected waterway listings
Steven Rumrill watches mass deaths take place deep under the surface of the ocean. Last summer, he watched hundreds of crabs struggle to reach a part of the ocean where there was enough oxygen in the water to live. Rumrill, who leads the shellfish program at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, watched the…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Honey Badger challenges peoples’ perceptions of homeless people
Honey Badger was born in December in New Jersey. She chose her name because “honey badgers don’t care what happens to them, they just keep going.” Honey Badger lives in Portland in a small apartment, and up until recently, she lived with her Betta fish, Midnight Azul, who recently passed away. He would always perk…
News
Behind the Burgerville union
Editor’s Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity After more than three years battling management, the Burgerville Workers Union reached an agreement in December, becoming the first fast food labor union in the nation to ever do so. Employees from five stores with federal union recognition — the convention center, Montavilla, Hawthorne,…
Opinion
Editorial | You’re startling us, Sam
Mayoral aide Sam Adams’ proposal to build mass camps for unhoused Portlanders and staff them with unarmed military personnel, as with his attempts on social media to launder the idea as a casual step in finding a solution to homelessness, has all the tact and aplomb as one suggesting they feed their leg through a…
