Stripping in Oregon is a political act. To broadstroke, public nudity has led to the state having some of the freest forms of constitutionally protected expression in the United States….
Portlanders honor victims of MAX attack in anniversary vigil
Trimet shut down the Hollywood Transit Center in Northeast Portland for an hour and a half on Saturday, May 26 to commemorate victims of last year’s stabbing attack by white…
Letting go with Nada Surf
The ‘90s were alive in Portland on Thursday, May 10 when Nada Surf played the Wonder Ballroom with for the second stop of the Let Go 15th Anniversary Tour. Although…
PSU co-ops higher education
Since Portland State President Rahmat Shoureshi began his relationship with the university as a candidate in winter 2017, he has promoted the idea of a cooperative education system that would…
Hill to Hall May 14–20
May 14: Gladstone Burgerville votes to unionize One month after a southeast Portland Burgerville voted to establish the Burgerville Worker’s Union—one of the only federally-recognized fast food unions in the…
As Portland’s economic growth slows, Oregon struggles to address food insecurity
An April 2018 economic forecast report published by Portland State’s Northwest Economic Research Center shows for the first time in nine years, the overall rate of economic growth in the…
Hundreds of new studio rentals planned near campus
Two new apartment buildings coming to Portland State will provide students with hundreds of new affordable housing studio units. The Portland Design Commission approved plans from the affordable housing non-profit…
Activists condemn Portland Police staffing increase
Critical Resistance Portland and the Care Not Cops: Mental Health Care, Not Policing campaign held their Envisioning Community Safety Forum Saturday, May 5 at Hughes Memorial United Methodist Church in…
Socialists demand higher taxes on Portland elite
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America Portland branch filed into the Portland City Council chambers on Thursday, May 10 to protest Mayor Ted Wheeler’s proposed budget for the upcoming…
PSU Arab Student Association kicks off first Arabian Night event
The newly founded Arab Student Association hosted its first Arabian Night event at 5 p.m. April 29 in Portland State Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom. Around 400 people attended, 100…
Independent Bookstore Day
Independent Bookstore Day is an annual bookish holiday similar to the music lovers’ Record Store Day. Unlike the music industry, where you can socialize at concerts while doing something you…