Tuesday 9/4 Crafts Free Craft Night Nectar Frozen Yogurt Lounge 5 p.m. Free It’s still summer and frozen yogurt sounds good. Have some while learning basic origami. Supplies and…
Hill to Hall, Aug. 21–27
Aug. 21: Senator calls for Wheeler’s resignation over Occupy ICE PDX Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., on Tuesday introduced a resolution in response to the Occupy ICE protests that broke out…
Events Aug 28-Sept 3
Tuesday 8/28 Food Seed to Plate Brunch Cooking Class The Side Yard Farm 10 a.m. $85 Learn to prepare a complete farm-y brunch, including bloody mary pickles and the…
Why are we still debating abortion?
United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently created a Religious Liberty Task Force to ensure “[federal] employees know their duties to accommodate people of faith,” Sessions said. As Vox put…
Portlanders rally in support of national prison strike
Prison inmates across the United States began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, Aug. 21, demanding improvements to living conditions, greater access to rehabilitation, sentencing reform and the abolition of penal…
Holgate Manor tenants wage rent strike in face of looming no-cause evictions
On Aug. 1, 14 tenants of Holgate Manor—an apartment community that housed many people on low and fixed incomes, refugees and immigrants for nearly 40 years—voted for a rent strike,…
Journey of Hajj
This year, the final pillar of Islam known as Hajj began on August 20 in the 1,439 year of the Hijiri—Islamic—calendar. The five pillars of Islam are religious obligations required…
Hill to Hall Aug 13 – Aug 21
Aug 20 – Video reveals Antifa attacked American flag-wielding counterprotester In a video recorded and released by Mike Bivins, a freelance journalist and Portland local, members of the anti-fascist group…
Events Calendar Aug. 21-27
This week is Support Black-Owned Restaurants Week! Each night has a different theme, with over 80 restaurants participating. Tuesday 8/21 Tuesday’s theme is Caribbean food. Live Show…
Student Fee Committee closes out school year
The Student Fee Committee held hearings on Tuesday, Aug. 14 and Thursday, Aug. 16 for several fee-funded areas to request forgiveness on budget overages or rollover allocations from unused budget…
Policy and personality loom over City Council candidate forum
Race Talks, Opportunities for Dialogue, a monthly series discussing topics associated with race and ethnicity in Oregon, held a forum for city council candidates Loretta Smith and JoAnn Hardesty on…