News
Should Oregon rethink its cash bail system?
Alice Jackson, 55, was poised to spend Christmas inside a Multnomah County jail cell following her arrest on Nov. 24. “I was real depressed when I couldn’t come home,” Jackson said. “I didn’t eat for the first three days I was in there.” Jackson, who has bipolar disorder and depression, said not taking the prescribed…
Lingering occupation: Behind the documentary on the Malheur standoff
What is a refuge? Is refuge what we would call home? Are we fleeing from something – or someone – when we seek refuge? Should we consider national forests and other protected public lands the refuges wildlife needs from humans? These and other questions were asked and challenged throughout the weekend in Joseph at Winter…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: A lifetime of adventure
“I should write a book about my life,” said Melissa Hansen. Indeed, her life has been a kaleidoscope of adventure, travel, caring for exotic animals, heartache, joy, loss, hard labor on an Alaska long-liner, compassionate caregiving, car wrecks and more than a few years spent living on the streets. Melissa was born and raised at…
Culture
Lingering occupation: Behind the documentary on the Malheur standoff
What is a refuge? Is refuge what we would call home? Are we fleeing from something – or someone – when we seek refuge? Should we consider national forests and other protected public lands the refuges wildlife needs from humans? These and other questions were asked and challenged throughout the weekend in Joseph at Winter…
How 2 Portland chefs got sober in a boozy business
On the surface, the Zero Proof dinner at Feast Portland was like all the others at the often-hedonistic foodie festival. There were celebrity chefs, both local (Gabriel Rucker, Gregory Gourdet) and national (Andrew Zimmern, Michael Solomonov, Sean Brock). There were excessive appetizers, elaborate mains, and decadent dessert. And, as with all Feast events, the pricey…
Art, poetry of Terry Houghton to be featured at First Thursday
Sometime around 2012, an elderly homeless man sleeping on a bench in Portland’s downtown park blocks rolled off and hit his head. He was taken to Oregon Health & Science University hospital, where he died a short time later. His death was not newsworthy; it did not merit an obituary or a memorial service. He had…
Opinion
Native voices lost in stereotypes, racist slurs
Donald Trump disparages Native Americans frequently and relentlessly. He refers to mass killings as though they are punchlines, hisses the name of Native women as if they are slurs, and expresses glee when his mockery spills over into tense encounters. All the while, by holding the federal government hostage in his demands for a border…
