By Adam Marletta The Portland City Council’s recent vote to close the majority of services at the city-run, India Street Public Health Center was a blow to activists and health care professi... Read more
Bernie’s Big Comedown: An Independent Run Is Unlikely by Adam Marletta I have read, with no small amount of amusement, the various calls for Bernie Sanders to continue his presidential... Read more
Closing of India Street Shows Need for Single-Payer Health Care by Adam Marletta On April 21, the Portland City Council did what it does best: Listened to hours of public comment during whic... Read more
by Adam Marletta I enjoy eating out in Portland’s exceptional dining scene, and do so frequently. But when it comes time to calculate the server’s obligatory tip at the end of the meal, I be... Read more
by Adam Marletta The release of the long-awaited superhero-crossover, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice — and the barrage of negative reviews it has received from critics — recently inspir... Read more
By Adam Marletta With Donald Trump inching ever closer to securing the Republican nomination, Americans — liberals and more than a few conservatives — are becoming increasingly frightened by... Read more
by Adam Marletta Leave it to the Democrats to profoundly misread voter sentiment in an election year. Less than a week after U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders handily won Maine’s caucus, with his cal... Read more
by Adam Marletta A curious contradiction has emerged between the rivaling supporters of presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders. While Sanders’ supporte... Read more
On the Portland Housing Crisis By Adam Marletta “On the morning of the first eviction/They carried out the wishes of the landlord and his son,” Fugazi frontman, Ian MacKaye sings... Read more
Guns, Butter and Empire
By Adam Marletta I feel like I am becoming numb to these increasingly routine mass shootings. It is a horrible feeling — almost worse than the anguish, sorrow, revulsion, and outright... Read more