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Army Corps Says It Will Break Up Standing Rock Camp by December 5, Proposes...
by Sydney Brownstone A scene from Oceti Sakowin camp at dusk in September.SBFor the last seven months, Standing Rock Sioux tribal members and thousands of tribal and non-tribal allies have been...
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Wes Anderson Made a Four-Minute Christmas Ad for H&M
by Ned Lannamann It's still a little too early for Christmas cheer, but that hasn't stopped H&M from unveiling its new holiday ad: a four-minute "short film" from Wes Anderson. From the opening...
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Trump Is Also One of The Losers Benefitting from Fake News
by Charles Mudede We be in the city.Charles MudedeYesterday, the president-elect stunned everyone by claiming that he would have won the popular vote if not for the millions (yes, millions) of people...
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Activists Sue North Dakota Law Enforcement Over Alleged Excessive Force at...
by Sydney Brownstone An activist locked to Dakota Access pipeline construction equipment in early September.SBActivists at Standing Rock have filed a class action lawsuit against North Dakota law...
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Good Morning, News: Dead Conifers, More Trump Picks, and the Upside of Gas Leaks
by Dirk VanderHart Thank goodness for gas leaks: Were it not for a reported leak at a building on (the) Ohio State University's campus Monday morning, a campus police officer likely wouldn't have been...
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Tonight is the PERFECT Night for Riding Your Bike Through PIR's Winter...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy PIRToday is one of the few dry days this week, and as such, the PERFECT night to ride your bike through Portland International Raceway's Winter Wonderland light show!...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: She Done Dumped Me Wrong
by Dan Savage A few months back, I got dumped hard by my girlfriend of almost two years. We’re both straight and in our late thirties. The break-up was a complete surprise to me, and to all of our...
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Allied Review: 2016 Is Not the Time To Downplay Nazis
by Megan Burbank I don't care how hot your wife is: Nazism is always a dealbreaker. This is common sense, and it’s utterly lacking in Robert Zemeckis’ dreadful Allied, which tries SO HARD to sell a...
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Things to Do Tonight!
Anna Kendrick With the apocalypse bearing down upon us, we find joy where we can—and I will suggest that no one embodies joy (and snark, and goofiness) better than Anna Kendrick, star of Pitch Perfect...
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Well, Didn't See This Coming: Lin-Manuel Miranda to Adapt Patrick Rothfuss'...
by Erik Henriksen To those of you who had money on "Lin-Manuel Miranda will help make Patrick Rothfuss' blockbuster fantasy series The Kingkiller Chronicle into a movie/TV series with original music...
View ArticleToday's Big Tour Announcements: Frank Ocean's Playing Sasquatch 2017, Vince...
by Ciara Dolan {{image:1, width:250, align:right}}This morning the Sasquatch! Music Festival announced that Frank Ocean will perform at the Gorge in May. It'll be one of Ocean's first shows in three...
View ArticleIt's All About You
by Anonymous All ages does not mean you get to get drunk with your kid. You are a tall white adult male with a nine year old who he can stand behind right in front of the stage without having to deal...
View ArticlePlease Stop Asking Poor Old John McCain Questions About Dumb Old Donald Trump
by Dan Savage Donald Trump at the third presidential debate:It's all about the Constitution of—of—and so important, the Constitution the way it was meant to be.The Constitution:Congress shall make no...
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Dan Savage's Holiday Special Comes to Portland!
by Mercury Staff One of America's favorite listening pleasures, the Savage Lovecast returns to Revolution Hall for a special live taping of Dan Savage's popular sex, relationship, and advice podcast!...
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Want That "Wild Feminist" Tee? Buy It Today and $5 Goes to Standing Rock
by Bri Brey If you're anything like me—or our food critic Andrea Damewood—you've been eyeing Wildfang's Wild Feminist branded clothing. Andrea even requested the crew sweatshirt in our staff's holiday...
View ArticleLeonard Cohen: Not So Suave in 1972
Bird on a Wire witnesses the birth of a ladies’ man. by Ned Lannamann THE NEWS OF Leonard Cohen’s death came like a cruel punchline, karma’s final dig following the horrors of America’s 2016 election....
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Things To Do Film
This week: Spirited Away, The Exorcist, and... John Stamos? Okay. Sure. The Accountant It’s not hard to imagine how Ben Affleck was convinced to sign on to The Accountant. “Hey Benny!” director Gavin...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
Traffic Congestion on Aisle Four GET THE FUCK OUT of my way at the grocery store! I mean it! I know there’s a lot to buy and that it’s the holiday season, but for fuck’s sake, do you need to block the...
View ArticleI’m Just Visiting
Visiting Nashville and eating crow by Hutch Harris WHAT AM I doing here, exactly? I had planned for this column to be a light, funny travelogue, in which I mostly gave short, shallow history lessons...
View ArticlePortland Invests Millions in Banks that Fund Controversial Private Prisons
Is that about to change? by Dirk VanderHart WHEN DONALD TRUMP was elected on November 8, the country’s two largest private prison operators had reason to break out the champagne.CoreCivic (formerly...
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