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Protesters project a list of demands onto the wall of the Portland Police Bureau's downtown headquarters as Mayor Ted Wheeler attempts to dialog with members of the crowd on July 22
Politics + Activism

Portland’s Black Lives Matter Protests Prove the Power of Mutual Aid

Donald Trump has described Portland’s Black Lives Matter protesters as “sick and deranged anarchists and agitators.” But after more than 100 nights of collaboration, protesters describe the crowd as “the most welcoming and caring community I’ve ever seen or been a part of.”

By Tuck Woodstock| September 18, 2020 | 5 Comments
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Black Rage as Catharsis

White supremacy thrives off of keeping us obsessed with respectability, when there is nothing respectable about kneeling on a man’s neck while he cries for his life. There is a time for everything, and right now is a time for rage.

By danijanae| June 5, 2020 | 8 Comments
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Sex Work After FOSTA-SESTA: Why the New Wave of Prohibition Has So Many Panicking

One of the most annoying things I have heard during this process of figuring out what to do and how to react to the FOSTA-SESTA prohibition deal is “Don’t panic.”

By suprihmbe| June 11, 2018 | 3 Comments
Politics + Activism

Monday Roundtable: Our First Protests

What did we first take to the streets about?

By the team| May 7, 2018 | 13 Comments
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Yesterday’s National School Walkout, Ellen, the Pennsylvania special election upset, National Geographic’s racism, Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty, not ready for the 90s comeback, and so much more!

By Laneia| March 15, 2018 | 15 Comments
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Also.Also.Also: Intersectional Crafting, the Winter of Our Discontent, and Other Stories for Your Week

Perfume, ponchos, humanity, maps, grief, ghost stories, net neutrality, the Puerto Rican diaspora, nonbinary teens in California, black women running for office, and so much more!

By Laneia| December 18, 2017 | 10 Comments
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Also.Also.Also: Your Protest Posters Are Art and Other Stories from the Week

Ericka Hart, Aram Han Sifuentes has turned protest into art, your octopus family is waiting, Hillary Clinton, Arizona prisons remain fucked, Jemele Hill, and so much more!

By Laneia| September 14, 2017 | 3 Comments
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Also.Also.Also: California’s ACLU Says White Supremacist Violence Is Not Free Speech, and Other Stories You Need

Dolly Parton, LaCroix, deportations abound, read Charlottesville locals, Atari, St. Vincent, FaceApp feelings, fighting white supremacy, and so much more!

By Laneia| August 17, 2017 | 9 Comments
The Resistance

San Francisco Trans March: “Celebrating Resilience with Love and Resistance”

It was an honor to stand in solidarity and support with all of the beautiful humans at the Trans March in San Francisco. Here’s what it looked like.

By Molly| June 26, 2017 | 7 Comments

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