This Thursday is May Day—also known as International Workers’ Day—and Portland is showing up. From a rally hosted by the ...

Mercury Music Picks is all-city, baby! There’re shows represented in this week’s MMP in all five quadrants. There’s not much ...

We have a new cadre of Oregon Book Award winners, the prized title bestowed upon the state's storytellers by letters-loving ...

I’m a 33-year-old bisexual redheaded cis woman from Europe. Last week, I stumbled across the word “gingerism,” and an ...

Reading the caption to one of the many PSA ads plastered around town that reads: "Look at the age difference between me and the man I'm travelling with. He's not my Dad, He's my trafficker." This ...

Hello, beautifuls! It's me, Elinor Jones, back with another Trash Report for your eyes and your hearts. Did you know that the ...

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event ...

This story has been updated to include a statement from Portland State University about its decision regarding student ...

The rain tapped soft rhythms against the window, the breeze slipping in to kiss our skin. We weren’t still. Our limbs tangled and shifting, slow like tides, our dog circling, sighing, settling again.

Following a threat from Portland City Councilor Mitch Green to vote against city funding for Portland State University’s (PSU ...

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