The leftist militia thought they could riot in Clackamas County like they do in Portland. We proved them wrong.
Years of cultural mixing and a focus on what’s locally available have made the region’s Jewish cuisine unique
A race-related police incident from the 1980s, in an excerpt from a seminal study of white supremacy
When the crazies took over the city I loved, I knew it was time to get out
The feminist lawmaker, a late-comer to politics, helped turn her city into one of America’s most exciting
For great knishes, bialys, and babkas, just head on up the coast
In Portland, a gap-year program for high-school graduates connects Jewish learning and community service
Rabbi Debra Kolodny organizes queer clergy of different faiths around progressive issues, starting with Black Lives Matter
How a 1988 murder in Portland brought the American skinhead movement into the national spotlight
Outsider jazz great Allen Lowe scorns his neighbors, argues endlessly with himself
Before he was the famous voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Woody Woodpecker, Mel Blanc was a Jewish kid in Portland, Ore., doing impressions of his immigrant neighbors
In the final installment of her illustrated memoir, a cartoonist considers her future