Cover Photo by Mac Smiff Queer music artists have been around for decades. In fact, legendary greats such as Little Richard and Ma Rainey pushed the envelope by expressing their…

Cover image by Mac Smiff Since late 2020, Web3 and NFTs have become global buzzwords for people from various walks of life. In Portland, there have been a few local…

Photo by Mac Smiff A lawsuit and new legislation target changes to court fines and fees in Washington State. On December 1, 2010, a letter was sent to Pierce County,…

[Editor’s Note: The team of Braeden Burge, Cory Elia and Rita Sabler created this multimedia profile as a project for University of Oregon and later shared both the video and…

The Seattle-based Social Justice Film Festival, founded in 2009, touts a mission “to support activist filmmakers.” This year, the festival is available online for viewers across the country. Starting October…

Young Shirt Mayne and Mat Randol perform live with Manny Monday at Kelly’s Olympian on July 1st, 2020 (Photo by Mac Smiff) When it comes to creating intelligent content for…

Many in Oregon are still in prison serving convictions by unconstitutional Jim Crow Juries, a legal lynching.  We have all seen the powerful images of statues and monuments once-erected to…

Article by Jake Dockter. Portland, Oregon Mayor Tevis E. Wheeler would love you to believe that the answer to the gun violence spike is more money and more cops.  Wheeler’s…

When you look at the larger narrative around Portland Hip Hop, it usually boils down to an ongoing quest for respect. Who’s going to be the next to blow up?…

When it comes to production and output, the big homie Cool Nutz is elite. Fresh off the New Year’s Day release of Failure Is The Feeling (which features the Dear…