Features

Currency

Solid Grounds

A barista school gets teens off the streets and behind the counter.

01/19/2010 By Martin Patail

Mudroom

The Perfect Party: February 2010

People we’d most like at our dinner table this month.

01/19/2010

WEB EXCLUSIVE

Slide Show: Bank On It

More PhotoForce shots from the Oregon Food Bank

12/22/2009

Liberal Believer

The Hitchens Transcript

The complete interview between the renowned atheist Christopher Hitchens and Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell

12/17/2009

Vox Populi

Vox Populi: A Random Survey at Pioneer Courthouse Square

What are the most tiresome Portland stereotypes? How spiritual is the city? What's the deal with Kitzhaber? We asked you, and here are your answers.

12/16/2009

Feature

Questions of Faith

A conversation between Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell and infamous atheist Christopher Hitchens

12/11/2009

Local Hero

Regular Joe

Sacco draws on his experiences

11/19/2009 By Robert Runyon

Q&A: JOE SACCO

Behind the Lines

Disillusioned by the American media’s coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, JOE SACCO went to the Gaza Strip to see things for himself. In the process, he invented a new kind of journalism.

11/09/2009 By Randy Gragg

Mudroom

Unspoken Word

A Portland native pieces together an anthology of second chances

11/09/2009 By Rachel Ritchie

FEATURE

Light A Fire 2009

The winners of our annual nonprofit awards are making Portland a better place to live. We tell you how you can help them.

10/09/2009 Edited by Kasey Cordell By Meghan Hilliard, Elizabeth Buelow, and Kelly O'Brien

30 Seconds With…

Jesse Katz

[Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, author, and son of former Portland Mayor Vera Katz]

10/09/2009

Music

The Ballad of Fred and Toody

Fred and Toody Cole, Portland's rock lifers, reflect on making music and staying in love after 40 years of marriage and life on the road.

07/21/2009 By Bart Blasengame

Mudroom

Shortcut to Heaven

The path to the Pearly Gates just got a little smoother.

05/26/2009 By Sam Holder

History

A New Project Puts More Than 150 Years of Oregon History Just One Click Away

The Oregon Encyclopedia Project takes history high-tech.

05/19/2009

Q & A

Rosie Sizer

The city’s top cop on gang violence, a diminished budget, and the status of her ego.

05/19/2009 By Ted Katauskas

Ahoy!

Hell & High Water

Waves can stand nearly four stories high and the weather can change in mere minutes where the Columbia River meets the Pacific. You wanna steer a ship through that? No, but the legendary Columbia River Bar Pilots do.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame

People

Holy Diver

Steven Kimes believes the poor really will inherit the earth. That's why he quit his job, took his family to the streets, and became Portland's most radical servant of the homeless.

05/19/2009 By Bart Blasengame