Portland Not a Sanctuary City by Tony Zeli On November 14th, the Bangor Daily News’ Jake Bleiberg penned this sensational headline, “Portland would likely cooperate with Trump’s mass deporta... Read more
Portland Election Results 2016 How Did Portland Vote? Everyone knows Portland is a liberal pocket in Maine. But how does this play out in actually election results? Jokingly referred to as... Read more
Portland City Council Shake-Up by Tony Zeli Pious Ali Wins At-Large In a coup d’état for Mayor Ethan Strimling, two progressive and diverse newcomers unseated incumbent Portland City Counci... Read more
The Story of 2017 DEVELOPMENT by Tony Zeli Come next year… In Portland, the minimum wage will be $10.10. In Portland, marijuana will be legal, sort of. And in Portland, we will use rank choi... Read more
Helpful tips for giving food at Thanksgiving or anytime. by Jeremy Bloom Giving food at Thanksgiving is maybe one of the most popular ways people give. I worked at Preble Street’s soup kitch... Read more
Pesticide Ordinance Draft Borrows Language from Industry Lobby by Bridget Chase Portland’s Fertilizer and Pesticide Task Force met once during the month of October. The meeting had a promisi... Read more
MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK by Tony Zeli Has the presidential election got you down? Do you yearn for a political process where different views are respected, speeches are more than just rhetorica... Read more
Jill Stein is a protest candidate … and that is nothing new by Tony Zeli It is not often that a community paper like the West End News receives a one-on-one interview with a presidenti... Read more
La Vida Local: Irregular Notes on West End Life Take Time to Read the Referendum Questions by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Today’s Topic: The Referenda of November 8, 2016 Comp... Read more
Hillary Clinton, Not Jill Stein, in 2016
The progressive case for Hillary Clinton over Green Jill Stein by Wells Lyons When I was 18, I thought I had the world all figured out. I was working at Amnesty International’s DC offi... Read more