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In their defense of self-defense

The film ‘Out in the Night’ tells the stories of four young, LGBTQ women of color who protected themselves from violence only to be prosecuted, maligned and imprisoned Ten years ago, Patreese Johnson, a black 19-year-old from New Jersey, was a self-desc ...

5 Oct 2016 - Sarah Hansell
Famed ballerina Paige Fraser: 'Scoliosis has not stopped me once'

Dancer with chronic spinal condition refused to give up her dream You may recognize her from her silhouette that danced across a dim stage in the Intel Superbowl commercial “Experience Amazing” that aired in February, but Paige Fraser’s appearance on nati ...

16 Aug 2016 - Alexandria Spillman
John Ahni Schertow shines a spotlight on indigenous resistance

Indigenous peoples’ struggles go unseen by much of the world. IC Magazine's editor is working to change that. On June 30, Carol Linnitt of the online news magazine DeSmog Canada reported that a controversial crude oil pipeline had just been defeated ...

30 Jul 2016 - Stephen Quirke
Marlon James: ‘Escape for me was writing’

As a gay man, the first Jamaican to win the Man Booker Prize was afraid of how he’d be received in his native country It’s been nine months since Marlon James became the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker Prize, the large bags under his eyes and ...

21 Jul 2016 - Richard Smirke
The growing movement to restore native food sources

COMMENTARY | Hunger-plagued Oregon still has an abundance of food, but much of it is being exported Portland is widely regarded as a city for foodies and a hot-bed of farmers markets and food co-ops. Last year, The Washington Post even ranked us the best ...

23 Jun 2016 - Stephen Quirke
Harrowing escape from Vietnam forged path for U.S. citizenship, Ms. Oregon reign

Thuy Huyen is running for Ms. America on the platform of world poverty, something she knows firsthand It sat there smugly, seeming to exist for the sole purpose of taunting the little girl every time she meandered past it. Thuy Huyen (pronounced “Twee Wh ...

22 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
"The Divide:" A criminal justice system that targets the poor and favors the wealthy

Matt Taibbi’s new book looks at the American justice system and the gap between what we’re led to believe and the reality of our economics The premise for “The Divide” is that our society has become “disturbingly comfortable” with a perverse system of jus ...

27 Feb 2015 - Jim Douglas