Everyone knows who Ronald McDonald is—the friendly clown who is the face of the fast-food giant McDonald’s.
Down with the clown
Don’t stop at the first step
A homeless person is in a constant struggle for survival. However, with Washington County nabbing $2 million for homelessness, it could be just the start needed to combat homelessness in Oregon.
Local resources
Student Health and Counseling is a great resource to Portland State students. However, sometimes students want to get off campus for their health needs.
Super vigilantes
Look! Up the street! It’s a crazy person, it’s a cop—it’s…a superhero?
Paper vs. plastic
Paper or plastic? We hear that question everywhere where the option is available, and most of us take a second to ponder which form of container we desire.
Let them eat bread
Times are hard, especially in a big city like Portland. Whether you are homeless, unemployed or just short on cash, you need not fear because now you can go to the Northeast Panera Bread and “pay-as-you-can.”
Trying to keep up
Children grow up understanding that they are supposed to spend 13 years in school and then, if they continue after high school, they have another four years to go.
Resolutions are made to be broken
It is the beginning of a new year and inevitably people have begun to talk about their New Year’s resolutions—their goals for the upcoming year.
Get in the true spirit of Christmas
“Bah Humbug” is a mantra that many people seem to embrace around the holiday season.
Rose City exploitation Portland’s human trafficking crisis
Portland is known as the City of Roses. Portland has the common motto “Keep Portland Weird,” on which it prides itself. Portland is home to local coffee shops, breweries, Voodoo Doughnuts and hipsters. But there are also other notable aspects of Portland—the kind people do not like to talk about.
Coal free Oregon
Sometimes a lawsuit is exactly what a company needs to do something right. Portland General Electric (PGE) has now proposed a plan to close the Boardman coal plant at an earlier date than originally planned.