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Unf**king Portland. Plus: Red MeatListen now | There are Portlanders trying to correct course and/or introduce completely new ideas. It’s worth meeting and listening to these people, the practical ones, the ideologues, the “this sounds crazy but…” folks. At least that’s what I think.
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Dispatch from Portland 2016-2023: The Gloss of Good IntentionsPolicies enacted as conflicts burned have led to an unintended rise in crime, homelessness, drug addiction and murder. Has the situation cooled to where citizens will turn things around?
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The Children's CrusadeRecalling cancellation and its gleeful proponents, as well as, and with love, the people who get back up and speak up and keep putting good work into the world
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Dispatch from Portland 2023: Lisa SchroederListen now (44 min) | "Vandalism is happening through the city. Why?” the Mother's Bistro owner asked in 2022, after her window was broken for the 3rd time. Now she knows. "It's like an episode of 'Meth-Fentanyl TV' here."
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Dispatch from Portland 2023: City of CodependentsOn a mother's fatal heroin overdose, and a Portland where "accusers, deniers, and enablers contribute to the city's continued and prolonged death."
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Dispatch from Portland 2023: A Question of AddictionWith each dose, addicts chop off a little more of their figurative legs until, even if they dream of their legs, they cannot stand. Is this something we…
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Dispatch from Portland 2023: "What's Happening Here?"Listen now (86 min) | Two photographers covering Portland, from the summer of rage 2020 to the current explosion of homelessness and drug addiction, are…
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Dispatch from Portland 2023: Unbridgeable Alarmed by local media's reticence to report, as well as ideological divisions tearing apart his peers, a young journalist decides to leave Portland
Feb 28
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Sweet IdeaPlus: Steve Kornacki Loves America, Hates Vegetables
Feb 15
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Valentine's Day The good, the bad, and the chocolate
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Persephone in New YorkI am a caring person in a world where your husband is dead, where your friends are dying. It’s okay if you don’t remember my name, if you don’t remember…
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The CollateralistsWhat would you give to keep your community safe? And by "give" I mean, give up. How about the life of the woman next door? If that does not sound…
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