The Young Revolutionaries of Don’t Shoot PDX

These last three weeks have been something else. Since the night it was announced Michael Brown’s killer would walk free without indictment, Portland has seen mass protests along with virtually every other major city in the nation. Seemingly every other day there’s been another action here in Portland. What started out as a mix of… Continue reading The Young Revolutionaries of Don’t Shoot PDX

Le Tour de Gentrification: a Serious Fucking Bummer, but also Beer.

I used to live in a run-down shack of a house on the corner of SE 50th and Lincoln built as a general store in the 1920s. The floors were all uneven, there were drafts everywhere, and the kitchen was home to a rat the size of a small dog. We had a rotating tap… Continue reading Le Tour de Gentrification: a Serious Fucking Bummer, but also Beer.