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Portland
DOJ designates New York, Portland, Seattle as “anarchist jurisdictions”
Sep 22, 2020
The Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding from the cities, which it says “have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities.”
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Meet Neil, 34, bartender
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Maria Hollenhorst
Feb 18, 2020
The Bureau of Labor Statistics would categorize Neil's job as a “service occupation,” along with a wide range of other workers. Two in 10 people work jobs in that category.
Thomas Patterson
How much do manufacturing jobs really matter?
Apr 27, 2017
Eighty percent of respondents to the Marketplace-Edison Research Poll say manufacturing is "very" or "somewhat" important to their local economy.
Mitchell Hartman/Marketplace
Why new streetcars could be coming to your city
Feb 15, 2016
They're cheaper than subways. But busses might make more sense.
Portland: Sneaker hub of the universe
Nov 17, 2015
Portland has emerged as the sneaker mecca at the heart of a $20 billion industry.
New app aims to improve cycling in Portland
Jul 23, 2015
Data will help plan for safer riding infrastructure, like signals and routes.
The challenge in pairing the sick with social services
Jun 23, 2015
In this corner of healthcare, it’s not one size fits all. It’s one size fits one.
For public good, not for profit.
Shipping firms' departures sink Port of Portland
Apr 7, 2015
The pullouts by Hanjin and Hapag-Lloyd threaten the port's container business.
Professional cuddlers for hire in Portland
by
Kai Ryssdal
Nov 21, 2014
$60 will buy you an hour of platonic cuddling at a new business, Cuddle Up to Me.
Portland's housing problem
Sep 12, 2014
Lizzie O’Leary talks with to Cameron Whitten, Community Advocate and Vivian Satterfield, Associate Director of OPAL in Portland, Oregon.