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If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps ...

I know this situation is tough, and I want you to know you deserve someone who shows you love openly, not just in secret. Here's some advice that might help you navigate this: You deserve to be loved ...

Props to the Merc for putting out a 5-year anniversary of the Black Lives Matter movement. I don't even think it's been mentioned in The O or the Willi Week. It's amazing how easy it is to stop caring ...

Portland doesn’t play host to anything like Coachella or Primavera or Glastonbury, and thank god for that. Those dark carnivals are so blown out—they’re more for being seen and “influencing” instead ...

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps ...

My girlfriend and I started to do butt play (her butt) about two months ago. It was a once-per-week thing, first with butt ...

Hiyeeeeee! Welcome back to the Trash Report. I'm Elinor Jones. How are you? Some people may say that they are "too blessed to be stressed" and I am living evidence that it's possible to be both ...

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We aren’t occupying anything. We aren’t the occupiers. We are here to illuminate. We are here to help others see the reality that has been so carefully sculpted around us, a reality that often ...

What’s a movement without some rhythm? The 100+ days of protests in Portland helped inspire creators to, well, create. Young artists and veteran music-makers alike took to the streets and their ...