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Christen McCurdy

Reporter

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Christen McCurdy is a journalist in Portland. She has written for Willamette Week, the Portland Mercury, Oregon Arts Watch, Bitch and Pacific Standard and served as the news editor of The Skanner from 2015 to 2019. You can read her work at https://christenmccurdy.net/. 

Articles by Christen McCurdy

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    Tiny homes at the C3PO camp with the Portland skyline in the background

    Portland has laid out plans for new shelters, but numbers and locations remain elusive

    Service providers say the new guidelines bring uncertainty as the city becomes more aggressive with sweeps of houseless camps
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    June 9, 2021
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    A sign in Lone Fir Cemetery marks Block 14

    Block 14 at Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery will finally get its due

    A long-sought memorial honoring hundreds of Chinese immigrants and people with mental illness whose graves were paved over is coming to fruition
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    May 26, 2021
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    Illustration of a person pushing down on one side of the scales of justice

    Hundreds in Oregon still await new trials a year after Supreme Court ruled on non-unanimous juries

    Citing racist origins, justices struck down Oregon's law allowing such convictions, but the state isn't applying the ruling retroactively
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    May 12, 2021
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    The exterior of the Oregon State Hospital

    Having someone committed could become easier in Oregon

    But mental health advocates critical of legislation that would roll back restrictions say the system needs a holistic fix
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    April 14, 2021
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    Illustration of a chalkboard with a house drawn on it in chalk

    Number of homeless students at Portland Public Schools is down, but so is overall enrollment

    Part of the decrease is attributed to less accurate counting while students are learning remotely
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    December 23, 2020
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    Kate Truelove in her classroom

    Amid the pandemic, Community Transitional School faces its biggest challenge

    The Portland school, now in its third decade educating students experiencing homelessness, is working to keep students connected
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    December 2, 2020
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    Hand-washing station

    New COVID-19 cases among Portland’s homeless population remain low

    Officials attribute the flat numbers to emergency preparedness and good luck
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    November 4, 2020
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    Psilocybin mushrooms

    Magic moment: Oregon could be first to legitimize psilocybin therapy

    Measure 109 supporters anticipate ‘a huge societal shift’ if magic mushrooms are legalized for medical use
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    September 30, 2020
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    Adam Allen lies on the ground in front of police

    Passerby attacked by police during protest is suing Portland

    Adam Allen was walking home from a bar when police knocked him down in North Portland, says tort claim
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    August 19, 2020
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    An envelope for a mail-in ballot

    Multnomah County Elections Office confirms late delivery of ballots

    But, according to the office’s director, the county — not USPS — is to blame
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    August 14, 2020

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