By: Josh Gross This issue of the Source publishes on July 23, a day in history that marks one of the biggest riots/uprisings in American history. The 12th Street Riots in Detroit. After police raided an underground bar called The Blind Pig, the confrontation escalated, with then-Governor Romney (Mitt’s dad) and President Johnson sending in […]
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Name that otter pup!
We interrupt your workday with this very important message. There’s a rescued otter pup that needs your help…choosing a name. Before your creative juices start flowing, keep in mind it’s not an entirely open-ended question. The fine folks at the Oregon Zoo have narrowed it down to three options. “A lot of the animals here […]
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Are you our new editor?
When I graduated from college more than 20 years ago, I made a beeline from Vermont to San Francisco with a dream of becoming a writer. I was an English major, with a head full of Chaucer, Milton, and Shakespeare (chocolate milkshake, we called it), but very little sense about what working for a newspaper or […]
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Interview: Melissa Etheridge talks LGBT equality, marijuana, and spirituality
We caught up with Melissa Etheridge while she was staying in Niagra Falls in preparation for a performance at the Artpark Festival in Lewiston, New York, to talk about the changing landscape for LGBT equality, the future of legal weed, and the role her spirituality plays in her music. She performs at the Athletic Club […]
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OPINION: Bulletin editorial ignores the facts about transgender youth
Editor’s note: Earlier this week, the Bulletin published an editorial urging the Oregon Health Evidence Review Commission or the state legislature to change the age of medical consent for treatments related to gender transition. Jenn Burleton, executive director of Portland-based TransActive Gender Center (which provides advocacy and support for families with transgender and gender non-conforming children), says that […]
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Drink Guide—Summer 2015
Yes, it is good to have routines, like James Bond always ordering the same drink, shaken, not stirred. But, we also think that it is a wide world of beverage choices out there and not worth limiting the horizons completely. For this edition of the Drink Guide, we have shuffled the order a bit—and beefed up the content. […]
