FEATURE

Light A Fire 2012

Our annual celebration of the nonprofit community recognizes the individuals and organizations who are making our city a better place to live, love, and grow.

10/11/2012 By Jill Davis

Feature

Amanda Marshall Cracks Down on Child Prostitution

Portland's top federal prosecutor goes after sex traffickers

10/11/2012 By Nigel Duara

Who We Are

Who We Are: Complete Results

Check out our complete “Who We Are” survey results … and see how Portland Monthly staffers’ answers stack up against the rest of the city.

09/26/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg

Article

Portland Past

A survey of Portland's beliefs and values over time

09/25/2012 By Martin Patail and Riley Stevenson

Out and About

Carpets That Help Kids

Learn about the good works GoodWeave is doing to end child labor in the carpet industry – come to the reception and benefit raffle at Lapchi.

09/22/2012 By Kristin Belz

Article

Barging Ahead

An industrial dynasty launches a bold new South Waterfront neighborhood.

09/21/2012 By Randy Gragg

Article

Who We Are

09/20/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg

Article

What Portlanders Really Think

What We Want and What We Really Think about Love, Sex, Money, Religion, Politics, and More

09/20/2012

Who We Are: An Appendix

To Us, With Love

We asked 500 Portlanders: If you were making a postcard for Portland that contained the phrase “Home, Sweet Home,” what image would you use? Here’s a collage of the best ideas.

09/20/2012 Illustrations by Patrick Long

Editor's Note

Poll Positions

It's high time we crunched the numbers on our neighbors.

09/20/2012 By Randy Gragg

Who We Are

Portlanders on Portland

What needs to be done to ensure our continued enviable livability—and who pays for it?

09/20/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg

Who We Are

Portlanders on Family

It's getting more difficult—and expensive—to find a decent school.

09/20/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg

Who We Are

Portlanders on Health

Who gets the healthcare bill for poverty stricken citizens? And when is it OK to pull the plug?

09/20/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg

Who We Are

Portlanders on Religion

We're a highly spiritual people who prefer to sleep in on Sundays.

09/20/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg

Who We Are

Portlanders on Money

09/20/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg

Who We Are

Portlanders on Sex

In which we learn how many of us are making sweet love on a regular basis.

09/20/2012 Edited by Kasey Cordell and Randy Gragg

Slide Show

Burn, Baby, Burn

Cooking with wood, keeping it clean and green, and bringing your stove camping – or to Kenya. First, peek behind the scenes at ADX.

09/09/2012 By Kristin Belz

Feature

Tilting at Landfills

Fifth-generation farmer Ramsey McPhillips and a motley crew of neighbors wage a quixotic battle to stop North America’s largest garbage company from growing even bigger in the heart of Oregon's wine country.

08/23/2012 By Aaron Scott

Feature

Red Sea

At Alaska’s wild Graveyard Point, a Portland family works to reinvent the salmon business.

08/23/2012 By Tim Sohn

Mudroom

East Meets West Side

The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine flies in a feng shui master to channel its chi.

08/23/2012 By Kit Mauldin