Beth Slovic
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It's World AIDS Day. Did You Know a Reedie Named the Disease?
Over at Reed Magazine, there’s a fascinating profile of Bruce Voeller, a biochemist and member of Reed College’s class of 1956 who established the name for what became known as AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. → Read More
More Than Two Dozen Oregon Cities Banned Cannabis Sales on Election Day
Oregon's legal cannabis looks a lot more shaky after Nov. 8. The election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency—and his subsequent pick of drug warrior Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as his presumptive attorney general—threatens states where recreational marijuana is legal. But legal weed isn't a done deal here, either. This Election Day, Oregonians voted on marijuana sales 73 times across the… → Read More
Racist, Anti-Semitic Statements Rock Lake Oswego High School
Two episodes of racist and anti-Semitic behavior “that are shocking, inexcusable, and appalling in their nature,” rock Lake Oswego High School. → Read More
Multnomah County District 4: Lori Stegmann Leads Amanda Schroeder
Lori Stegmann, a city of Greshman councilor and a Farmer’s Insurance agent, likely will be Multnomah County’s next commissioner from District 4, according to preliminary returns at 8 p.m. → Read More
Chloe Eudaly Leads Steve Novick in Portland City Council Race
Challenger Chloe Eudaly, a bookstore owner making her first bid for public office, leads Portland Commissioner Steve Novick in preliminary results in the Portland City Council race. If she holds onto the lead, her victory would mark one of the most stunning upsets in Portland City Council history. → Read More
Sharon Meieran On Track to Defeat Eric Zimmerman for Multnomah County Seat
The winner replaces Commissioner Jules Bailey, who declined to run for his seat again so he could make a bid (unsuccessful) for mayor of Portland. → Read More
Portland School Board Meets in Group Therapy, Wrestles With Distrust
Tuesday, in a board retreat at PPS headquarters, the seven members of the board revealed lingering fissures over its role in school governance. → Read More
45 Minutes Stood Between Life and Death in the Portland Bagelworks Explosion
Firefighters raced the clock to get people evacuated from a Northwest 23rd Avenue gas leak. → Read More
Jo Ann Hardesty is Considering a Run for Portland City Council
Jo Ann Hardesty, 59, is a central figure in Portland’s ongoing struggle to enact meaningful police reforms. So when Mayor Charlie Hales announced last month that he had reached a deal with the Portland Police Association for a new union contract, the former state representative offered a piercing critique. → Read More
Jessica Vega Pederson is Making History at Multnomah County
Two Multnomah County Commission contests appear on the November ballot. But the third new member of the county board is already set: State Rep. Jessica Vega Pederson (D-Portland) ran unopposed in May to fill the seat of Multnomah County Commissioner Judy Shiprack, who’s been term-limited out. → Read More
Eric Zimmerman Wants to Force the Issue of Sheltering Homeless People in Unused Wapato Jail
Zimmerman, a candidate for an open seat on the Multnomah County Commission, says if elected, he’ll push to fund Wapato as a shelter in his first 90 days in office. → Read More
Chloe Eudaly Wants to Evict Steve Novick. Can She Defy History?
Chloe Eudaly, who finished second in a field of 10 candidates in May with 15 percent of the vote, has already advanced further than any Portland insurgent candidate since a bartender named Bud Clark sought to become mayor—and did. What’s more, her campaign has two distinct advantages as the race speeds toward the Nov. 8 election. → Read More
James Chasse Died 10 Years Ago Today, Sparking Calls for Police Reform
The following ran in WW’s 40th anniversary issue, 40 Years in 40 Days, on Nov. 4, 2014. → Read More
A Hit Man Came to Kill Susan Kuhnhausen. She Survived. He Didn’t.
Ten years ago next month Susan was attacked inside her home, by a man she later learned had been hired to kill her. By her husband. Her story of survival remains one of the more shocking and violent tales in the annals of Portland crime—and one of the most heroic. → Read More
John Oliver Spotlights The Oregonian in Segment Warning Local Journalism is Getting Slashed
“The media is a food chain which would fall apart without local newspapers,” Oliver reminds his viewers. → Read More
Documents Show Oregon Elections Director Resigned Over Inappropriate Behavior Toward Subordinate
The director of Oregon’s Elections Division who resigned last month “for personal reasons,” left the agency following an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behavior toward a female temporary employee. → Read More
Portland Transportation Chief Explains Why Women Love Bike Sharing
Leah Treat sees advantages to bringing up the rear of the bike-share pack. → Read More
Portland’s Best Indoor Picnic Happens at Lincoln High School
Since at least the late-1990s, students have stashed folding chairs in their lockers, transforming the hallways before and after class and during lunch into makeshift cafeterias, where students nosh and gab and kick back with their friends. → Read More
Jeska Dalizu Is Portland’s Best Foster Mom
Foster mother Jeska Dalizu’s extraordinary advocacy on behalf of children and others in need—including refugees and people with serious mental illness—deserves our praise. → Read More
Jordan Standridge Is Portland’s Best Recommendation Engine for Kids’ Books
Don’t know anything about a 5-year-old’s reading habits? Enter Jordan Standridge. → Read More