April 12–17: White House sends mixed signals regarding interest in TPP White House officials reported on April 12 that President Donald Trump told top economic advisors to reconsider entering the…
What we mean when we say gun control
We live with the knowledge that a person can walk into a school or any public place with a military-grade weapon purchased legally and shoot a massive amount of people….
Anti-Muslim flyers reach Portland
A flyer declaring April 3 “Punish a Muslim Day,” originating in the United Kingdom and circulated through social media, put Portland Public Schools and local police on alert earlier this…
Second annual Women’s March highlights #MeToo Movement
Click on the images to view. Over 200 protesters and activists spoke out against sexual assault during the #MeToo Speakout and March hosted by Socialist Alternative Portland Saturday, Jan. 20….
Concordia University Queer Straight Alliance grieves during final meeting
After fighting for equal treatment of the queer and trans community on campus, two Concordia University Portland students, Amber Reeves and Ernesto “E” Dominguez, hosted CUP’s final Queer-Straight Alliance meeting…
Dear Portland
Viking Voices guest submission: Myles Boyns, recent Portland State graduate Dear Portland, I may be writing this letter a few months early, or possibly even a few years. I’d only feel…
Tyrone’s Strings Hold Everyone Down
Hang the cape up, Dracula. Yo, Frankenstein…take a long ass cat nap. Jack the Ripper? As if. There’s a new villain in town and it takes the form a worn-out…
‘Using the vehicle of comedy and visual poetry to explore race’
My thoughts and feelings about Artist Repertory Theater’s opening performance of An Octoroon would perhaps be best described through interpretative dance, or maybe a painting in the style of Jackson…
Met with protest, AG Jeff Sessions doesn’t find sanctuary in Portland
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in Portland today to discuss policies concerning sanctuary cities, a term used to describe a city that does not fully cooperate with federal…
AG Jeff Sessions to appear this afternoon in Portland
AG Sessions will address DACA and sanctuary cities with Portland officials United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions is coming to Portland today. On Sept. 5, Sessions announced the Deferred Action for…
Hundreds displaced as unconfined fire blazes 20 miles outside Portland
A devastating, 10,000 acre wildfire burns fierce in the Columbia River Gorge, sweeping up old-growth forest and decimating prime, natural areas. The blaze has displaced hundreds from their homes and…