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Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. The Leaders Who Emerged Never before was this city as open to new voices and direction as when the old systems had so publicly failed. Mac Smiff. (Wesley Lapointe) Updated December 28, 2020 The upheavals of this year also represented an opportunity. People who had rarely wielded significant power in Portland discovered longtime leaders and institutions had lost public trust. Never before was this city as open to new voices ...

Strange blend of 'antifa' and government-denying 'sovereign' movement come together in fast-changing saga. In a year of the unusual for Portland, the saga of the Red House eviction blockade stands out. The Kinney family's refusal to leave their former house on North Mississippi two years after it no longer belonged to them drew together belief systems from opposite ends of the political spectrum and sparked a standoff that made national news. Perhaps the most unexpected part? The unusual melding of tactics and ideology appears to have won the day — so far, at least. On Sunday, city off...

Strange blend of 'antifa' and government-denying 'sovereign' movement come together in fast-changing saga. In a year of the unusual for Portland, the saga of the Red House eviction blockade stands out. The Kinney family's refusal to leave their former house on North Mississippi two years after it no longer belonged to them drew together belief systems from opposite ends of the political spectrum and sparked a standoff that made national news. Perhaps the most unexpected part? The unusual melding of tactics and ideology appears to have won the day — so far, at least. On Sunday, city off...

Strange blend of 'antifa' and government-denying 'sovereign' movement come together in fast-changing saga. In a year of the unusual for Portland, the saga of the Red House eviction blockade stands out. The Kinney family's refusal to leave their former house on North Mississippi two years after it no longer belonged to them drew together belief systems from opposite ends of the political spectrum and sparked a standoff that made national news. Perhaps the most unexpected part? The unusual melding of tactics and ideology appears to have won the day — so far, at least. On Sunday, city off...

Investigation continues into racist letters weeks after Portland leaders receive them Updated Dec 09, 2020; Posted Dec 09, 2020 Portland City Councilors issued a statement Monday condemning a string of racist letters targeting Portlanders of color. Mike Zacchino/StaffLC- Staff Facebook Share But several people targeted by the letters have said they’re skeptical about the investigation, and that officers have not contacted them in the weeks after the threats were made. Some people who were threatened have also raised concerns that the mayor has not contacted them, despite pledging to do so...