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Mic Crenshaw: Talking music, race and getting results, the Portland artist and activist doesn’t mince words

When Mic Crenshaw came to Portland, it was sort of like shaking a personal Etch A Sketch. He wanted a fresh start. That is understandable. He had left behind an on-going struggle with white supremacists in Minneapolis, Minn. His connection to the streets ...

10 Jan 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Sasha Abramsky talks poverty — American style

The title of author Sasha Abramsky’s new book, “The American Way of Poverty,” might sound a bit patronizing to patriotic ears, given that Abramsky was born in Great Britain and attended Oxford University. But living now in his mother’s homeland of America ...

28 Jan 2014 - Jay Thiemeyer
New voices, new stations converge on rare FM license offering

New low-power FM stations will soon become part of Portland’s media landscape, representing a different set of voices from commercial and public radio. Among the applicants are student-run radio stations from Portland State University and Reed College. Th ...

4 Dec 2013 - Devan Schwartz
The watchers at the gate

Exhibit shines light on nearly three decades of police surveillance on Portland activists The 1960s, '70s and '80s were a heady time in Portland, both politically and socially. Women and minorities organized for their rights. Activists campaigne ...

21 Nov 2013 - Jake Thomas
A tragi-comedy in six acts

A tragi-comedy in six acts Posted Oct. 27, 2008 Feeling good about voting? Sending a message? Exercising your power in the world's greatest democracy and all that? If you're like most folks, the specter of voter fraud looms, and it ain't AC ...

28 Oct 2008 - Street Roots