The new paper is at the press packed with your weekend reading. Friday morning the office will be jammed with vendors for a rundown of the new edition and reports from the streets, followed by a day on the job throughout the great city of Portland. Pick up your copy bright and early tomorrow and remember to send a smile your vendor’s way. Here’s what’s coming:
Under their thumbs: How Immigration and Customs Enforcement has co-opted local law enforcement to find their targets for them. Joanne Zuhl reports.
Holding up the roof at the House: Amanda Waldroupe runs down the agenda for affordable housing advocates for the State Legislature as they seek to preserve what little Oregon has to preserve housing and prevent homelessness.
Turning another page: Michael Powell reflects on creating the legendary bookstore and keeping it strong for the next generation.
The Bicycle Transportation Alliance: Street Roots is debuting a new column from the BTA that will explore transportation justice issues for all travelers in the city.
Plus, commentaries by Portland Police Officer Robert Pickett, Ruth Kovacs, vendor Sam Al Jondi and Jay Thiemeyer, along with poetry from the streets — all coming your way, courtesy of some fantastic, hardworking men and women!