Tiffany McGuire, like many of us, found her life thrown into a state of flux when the pandemic hit. Before the spread of COVID-19 mandated shut downs and stay at home orders, she worked in film production as well as performing and producing stand-up comedy. She’s maintained a solid community through comedy, however, and her […]
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Oregon Police Departments’ Dangerous Double Standard
A look at two incidents in the past month that highlight Oregon police departments’ glaring tendency to brutally attack and arrest protesters of racial inequality while ignoring blatant violence from the Alt Right including pointing guns at people, macing people, and beating people. Here are some first hand accounts, photos, and videos of the protests […]
Stories from the Front Lines: A Shining Example
April Gallaty was born into a military family. Her father was a Vietnam veteran who ran for Sheriff when she was a child, and many members of her family and extended family are either active duty or retired military. She has a strong respect for the military, she says, but “a healthy distrust of the […]
Stories from the Front Lines: Courage is Contagious
Benjamin Tier is a tour guide, comedian, and writer turned independent reporter. His first Black Lives Matter protest was in St. Augustine, FL, and after relocating to Portland, he began following Teresa Raifford, the founder of Don’t Shoot Portland who ran for the office of Portland mayor in 2020. “I listened [to] black mothers saying, […]
Stories from the Front Lines: Interview with Yenta
Videos of police lines advancing down Portland streets toward protesters, against a backdrop of tear gas and flash bangs, have been emerging from Black Lives Matter protests since late May. It looks more like a scene out of The Hunger Games than a night in one of America’s reputedly most liberal cities. The videos, photographs, […]
Concerning ‘Arrests’ Nationwide
As of July 17th, reports began pouring in about protesters in Portland, Oregon being taken by unidentified federal agents, blindfolded, forced into unmarked vans, detained without their rights being read, and without probable cause. This news is deeply disturbing to many, as not only is it a direct violation of citizen’s Constitutional rights, but many […]
PDX Protests Mid July
Highlights from protests in Portland OR July 6 – July 18