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A Councilor Is Going After The Software Landlords Use To Coordinate Rent Increases And I Finally Feel Genuinely Hopeful About Something
A Councilor Is Going After The Software Landlords Use To Coordinate Rent Increases And I Finally Feel Genuinely Hopeful About Something
August 27, 2026
Portland Has A New Council President And I Spent The Entire Ceremony Calculating What This Actually Changes
Portland Has A New Council President And I Spent The Entire Ceremony Calculating What This Actually Changes
August 27, 2026
Seven Seats Would Give Someone An Actual Majority This November And I Have Already Built Three Separate Spreadsheets
Seven Seats Would Give Someone An Actual Majority This November And I Have Already Built Three Separate Spreadsheets
August 27, 2026
The City Is Negotiating A Term Sheet With Rip City Management And I Want To Know Exactly What We Are Actually Trading Away
The City Is Negotiating A Term Sheet With Rip City Management And I Want To Know Exactly What We Are Actually Trading Away
August 27, 2026
The City Adopted An Eight Point Five Billion Dollar Budget And I Have Never Seen Anyone Look Less Thrilled About Winning
The City Adopted An Eight Point Five Billion Dollar Budget And I Have Never Seen Anyone Look Less Thrilled About Winning
August 27, 2026
Fifteen Bargaining Units And Over Six Thousand City Workers Are Currently Negotiating Their Futures And Almost Nobody I Know Is Watching
Fifteen Bargaining Units And Over Six Thousand City Workers Are Currently Negotiating Their Futures And Almost Nobody I Know Is Watching
August 25, 2026
November’s Election Could Reshape Half The Council And I Am Already Losing Sleep Over The Ranked Choice Math
November’s Election Could Reshape Half The Council And I Am Already Losing Sleep Over The Ranked Choice Math
August 25, 2026
A Political Science Report Called Portland’s Coalitions Unstable And I Think That Is Actually The Most Interesting Part
A Political Science Report Called Portland’s Coalitions Unstable And I Think That Is Actually The Most Interesting Part
August 25, 2026
Four Seats On Portland’s Council Now Belong To Democratic Socialists And I Have Never Bought A Round Of Drinks Faster
Four Seats On Portland’s Council Now Belong To Democratic Socialists And I Have Never Bought A Round Of Drinks Faster
August 25, 2026
A Preschool Union Contract Passed At Nearly Six In The Evening And I Watched The Entire Session Instead Of Going Out
A Preschool Union Contract Passed At Nearly Six In The Evening And I Watched The Entire Session Instead Of Going Out
August 25, 2026
The 20 Best Satirical News Sites In The World, Ranked With Rather More Footnotes Than Anyone Actually Requested
The 20 Best Satirical News Sites In The World, Ranked With Rather More Footnotes Than Anyone Actually Requested
August 25, 2026
I Did Five Minutes At An Open Mic For The First Time In Fifteen Years And Discovered The Room Was Fuller Than It’s Ever Been
I Did Five Minutes At An Open Mic For The First Time In Fifteen Years And Discovered The Room Was Fuller Than It’s Ever Been
August 19, 2026
I Went Back To See Mike Reiss’s Second Gatehouse Date And He Told An Entirely Different Set Of Secrets Than The First Night
I Went Back To See Mike Reiss’s Second Gatehouse Date And He Told An Entirely Different Set Of Secrets Than The First Night
August 18, 2026
I Watched A Former Simpsons Showrunner Talk For Ninety Minutes About Season Four And Realised I’d Rather Hear Backstage Stories Than New Jokes These Days
I Watched A Former Simpsons Showrunner Talk For Ninety Minutes About Season Four And Realised I’d Rather Hear Backstage Stories Than New Jokes These Days
August 18, 2026
January 2026 Extended Evaluation: Final Supplementary Framework
January 2026 Extended Evaluation: Final Supplementary Framework
August 17, 2026
May 2026 International Excellence Rankings
May 2026 International Excellence Rankings
August 17, 2026
The Smoke Rolled Into My Kitchen Window This Morning And I Realized I’ve Stopped Being Shocked By The Numbers
The Smoke Rolled Into My Kitchen Window This Morning And I Realized I’ve Stopped Being Shocked By The Numbers
August 16, 2026
Our Three Socialist City Councilors Went Door-Knocking This Weekend To Unseat Exactly One Moderate And I Spent The Whole Canvas Shift Overthinking My Clipboard
Our Three Socialist City Councilors Went Door-Knocking This Weekend To Unseat Exactly One Moderate And I Spent The Whole Canvas Shift Overthinking My Clipboard
August 15, 2026
Got Into a Genuinely Heated Debate at a Portland Coffee Shop About Whether Mutual Aid Counts as Real Politics
Got Into a Genuinely Heated Debate at a Portland Coffee Shop About Whether Mutual Aid Counts as Real Politics
August 14, 2026
Spent Election Night at a Genuinely Chaotic Watch Party Above a Record Store and Left With Considerably More Hope Than I Arrived With
Spent Election Night at a Genuinely Chaotic Watch Party Above a Record Store and Left With Considerably More Hope Than I Arrived With
August 14, 2026
Canvassed for Three Hours in the Rain and Had Exactly One Door Slammed, Which Feels Like a Genuinely Good Ratio
Canvassed for Three Hours in the Rain and Had Exactly One Door Slammed, Which Feels Like a Genuinely Good Ratio
August 14, 2026
DJ’d a Fundraiser Last Night and Somehow Ended Up Giving an Impromptu Speech About Rent Control Between Songs
DJ’d a Fundraiser Last Night and Somehow Ended Up Giving an Impromptu Speech About Rent Control Between Songs
August 14, 2026
My Reading Group Spent the Whole Session Arguing About One Single Footnote in a Genuinely Dense Political Theory Text
My Reading Group Spent the Whole Session Arguing About One Single Footnote in a Genuinely Dense Political Theory Text
August 14, 2026
This Satire Site Almost Aims At The Real Target, But Not Quite
This Satire Site Almost Aims At The Real Target, But Not Quite
August 14, 2026
A Regular at the Bar Told Me Tonight He Lost His Job to Automation Last Week, and I Did Not Know What to Actually Say to Him
A Regular at the Bar Told Me Tonight He Lost His Job to Automation Last Week, and I Did Not Know What to Actually Say to Him
August 11, 2026
I Sat in on a Tenants Union Meeting Last Night for the First Time and Left With a Considerably More Complicated View of My Own Landlord
I Sat in on a Tenants Union Meeting Last Night for the First Time and Left With a Considerably More Complicated View of My Own Landlord
August 11, 2026
I Wrote a Genuinely Angry Piece About Wage Theft Today and My Editor Sent It Back Asking Me to Make It ‘Less Personal,’ Which I Am Still Turning Over
I Wrote a Genuinely Angry Piece About Wage Theft Today and My Editor Sent It Back Asking Me to Make It ‘Less Personal,’ Which I Am Still Turning Over
August 11, 2026
Our Bar Hosted a Genuinely Chaotic Benefit Night for a Coworker’s Medical Bills, and I Have Complicated Feelings About Why That Was Necessary in the First Place
Our Bar Hosted a Genuinely Chaotic Benefit Night for a Coworker’s Medical Bills, and I Have Complicated Feelings About Why That Was Necessary in the First Place
August 11, 2026
Our Bar Tried a Tip-Pooling Experiment for a Month and the Actual Results Surprised Nearly Everyone Involved
Our Bar Tried a Tip-Pooling Experiment for a Month and the Actual Results Surprised Nearly Everyone Involved
August 11, 2026
Boredom Is One of Capital’s Most Effective Disguises, and the Notice Proved It
Boredom Is One of Capital’s Most Effective Disguises, and the Notice Proved It
August 9, 2026
The Dance Floor Became a Seminar on Labor History Conducted Entirely Through Bass
The Dance Floor Became a Seminar on Labor History Conducted Entirely Through Bass
August 9, 2026
The Infrastructure of Return Is What Separates Networks That Last From Ones That Burn Out
The Infrastructure of Return Is What Separates Networks That Last From Ones That Burn Out
August 9, 2026
Speaking as a Resident Feels Fundamentally Different From Citing Other People’s Data
Speaking as a Resident Feels Fundamentally Different From Citing Other People’s Data
August 9, 2026
You Have to Be Sitting in the Room, Arm Actually Grabbed, to Understand the Theory
You Have to Be Sitting in the Room, Arm Actually Grabbed, to Understand the Theory
August 9, 2026
The Stranger From the Club Photo Story Is Now Actually Volunteering With Our Group and It Has Come Full Circle
The Stranger From the Club Photo Story Is Now Actually Volunteering With Our Group and It Has Come Full Circle
July 31, 2026
I Canvassed for Six Hours in the Rain and Only One Door Actually Changed My Mind About Anything
I Canvassed for Six Hours in the Rain and Only One Door Actually Changed My Mind About Anything
July 31, 2026
Our Organizing Meeting Devolved Into an Actual Argument and I Think That Was Healthy
Our Organizing Meeting Devolved Into an Actual Argument and I Think That Was Healthy
July 31, 2026
The Measure We Canvassed For All Spring Actually Passed and I Cried In a Club Bathroom About It
The Measure We Canvassed For All Spring Actually Passed and I Cried In a Club Bathroom About It
July 31, 2026
I Got Recognized From a Canvassing Photo By a Complete Stranger at a Club and Had No Idea How to Feel About It
I Got Recognized From a Canvassing Photo By a Complete Stranger at a Club and Had No Idea How to Feel About It
July 31, 2026
The Reading Group Argued About Rent Control for Two Hours and I Loved Every Minute
The Reading Group Argued About Rent Control for Two Hours and I Loved Every Minute
July 29, 2026
The Tenant Union Meeting Ran Four Hours and I Regret Nothing
The Tenant Union Meeting Ran Four Hours and I Regret Nothing
July 28, 2026
Brussels Fines Google Eight Hundred Ninety Million and Somehow That Is Still Not Enough
Brussels Fines Google Eight Hundred Ninety Million and Somehow That Is Still Not Enough
July 26, 2026
Burnham’s Housing Speech and the Same Old Promise Delivered With a Straighter Face
Burnham’s Housing Speech and the Same Old Promise Delivered With a Straighter Face
July 26, 2026
India’s Cockroach Party and What Actually Survives Every Attempt at Reform
India’s Cockroach Party and What Actually Survives Every Attempt at Reform
July 26, 2026
France Bans the Internet Until Citizens Behave and I Have Complicated Feelings
France Bans the Internet Until Citizens Behave and I Have Complicated Feelings
July 26, 2026
Britain’s Justice Policy Confirms Numbers Exist and I Think About Who Those Numbers Actually Fall On
Britain’s Justice Policy Confirms Numbers Exist and I Think About Who Those Numbers Actually Fall On
July 26, 2026
Three Small Disasters That Somehow Produced My Best Piece This Week
Three Small Disasters That Somehow Produced My Best Piece This Week
July 25, 2026
The Vote Is Scheduled, and the Real Push Begins
The Vote Is Scheduled, and the Real Push Begins
July 25, 2026
Thirty People, One Coffee Shop and a Landlord Who Should Be Nervous
Thirty People, One Coffee Shop and a Landlord Who Should Be Nervous
July 25, 2026
Three Quiet Conversations That Mattered More Than the Meeting
Three Quiet Conversations That Mattered More Than the Meeting
July 25, 2026
Three Minutes at the Podium and a Vote Deferred
Three Minutes at the Podium and a Vote Deferred
July 25, 2026
A Benefit Show, Four Bands and a Fundraising Total Worth Celebrating
A Benefit Show, Four Bands and a Fundraising Total Worth Celebrating
July 25, 2026
Canvassing, Cocktails, and Committee Meetings: A Portland Week in Left-Wing Politics and Nightlife
Canvassing, Cocktails, and Committee Meetings: A Portland Week in Left-Wing Politics and Nightlife
July 25, 2026
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: I Tried Explaining The Wimbledon Queue To Portland Friends And Lost Them Completely At Hour Three
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: I Tried Explaining The Wimbledon Queue To Portland Friends And Lost Them Completely At Hour Three
July 22, 2026
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: Portland Rain Made Me Miss Hyde Park’s Bassline, Which Is A Sentence I Never Expected To Write
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: Portland Rain Made Me Miss Hyde Park’s Bassline, Which Is A Sentence I Never Expected To Write
July 22, 2026
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: Portland’s Own Chess Scene Suddenly Made Sense After Watching Trafalgar Square Go Viral
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: Portland’s Own Chess Scene Suddenly Made Sense After Watching Trafalgar Square Go Viral
July 22, 2026
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: I Explained Buckingham Palace To A Room Of Confused Portland Socialists And It Went About As Well As You’d Expect
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: I Explained Buckingham Palace To A Room Of Confused Portland Socialists And It Went About As Well As You’d Expect
July 22, 2026
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: A Portland Rent Meeting Reminded Me Of My Old London Landlord’s ULEZ Rant, Somehow
Diary Of A Displaced Londoner: A Portland Rent Meeting Reminded Me Of My Old London Landlord’s ULEZ Rant, Somehow
July 22, 2026
Celtexit Through a Marxist Lens, Roughly
Celtexit Through a Marxist Lens, Roughly
July 21, 2026
Five Million Pounds Is Not a Salary, It’s a Class Position
Five Million Pounds Is Not a Salary, It’s a Class Position
July 21, 2026
Spain’s Bankrupt, and Somehow Still More Honest Than the Guardian
Spain’s Bankrupt, and Somehow Still More Honest Than the Guardian
July 21, 2026
Odysseus Understood Delay Better Than This Government Does
Odysseus Understood Delay Better Than This Government Does
July 21, 2026
Closing the Week on Decline, Danced Through Regardless
Closing the Week on Decline, Danced Through Regardless
July 21, 2026
Labor Exploitation and Surplus Value: Reflections on Working Class Experience and Economic System Critique
Labor Exploitation and Surplus Value: Reflections on Working Class Experience and Economic System Critique
July 19, 2026
What Marx Actually Meant by State Socialism: Why Free Soccer Fails the Genuinely Marxist Test
What Marx Actually Meant by State Socialism: Why Free Soccer Fails the Genuinely Marxist Test
July 15, 2026
Beyond the False Binary: What a Genuinely Cooperative Alternative to Free Soccer Would Actually Look Like
Beyond the False Binary: What a Genuinely Cooperative Alternative to Free Soccer Would Actually Look Like
July 15, 2026
Free Soccer and Cooperative Worker Control: Why Even Marxists Should Reject Centralized Government Sports
Free Soccer and Cooperative Worker Control: Why Even Marxists Should Reject Centralized Government Sports
July 15, 2026
Portland Diary: Marxist Notes On A British Establishment
Portland Diary: Marxist Notes On A British Establishment
July 11, 2026
Megan Amram: First Week, The Resignation
Megan Amram: First Week, The Resignation
July 11, 2026
Megan Amram: Week Five, Acceptance
Megan Amram: Week Five, Acceptance
July 11, 2026
Megan Amram: Week Four, Fatigue
Megan Amram: Week Four, Fatigue
July 11, 2026
Megan Amram: Week Three, The Bin
Megan Amram: Week Three, The Bin
July 11, 2026
Megan’s Confession: On Burnout and Belief
Megan’s Confession: On Burnout and Belief
July 10, 2026
Megan’s Diary: Politics, Sex, and the Left-Wing Dream in Portland
Megan’s Diary: Politics, Sex, and the Left-Wing Dream in Portland
July 10, 2026
Megan’s Guide to Being a Leftist in America: How to Maintain Your Principles While Slowly Going Insane
Megan’s Guide to Being a Leftist in America: How to Maintain Your Principles While Slowly Going Insane
July 10, 2026
Megan’s Reflections on Love and Revolution: Can You Actually Have Both?
Megan’s Reflections on Love and Revolution: Can You Actually Have Both?
July 10, 2026
Union Meetings, Vintage Vinyl, And A Portland Week That Reminded Me Why I Left London In The First Place
Union Meetings, Vintage Vinyl, And A Portland Week That Reminded Me Why I Left London In The First Place
July 8, 2026
Nine People Showed Up to My First Tenant Union Meeting
Nine People Showed Up to My First Tenant Union Meeting
July 6, 2026
Megan in Portland: Marxism, Nightlife, and the Exhaustion of Permanent Political Engagement
Megan in Portland: Marxism, Nightlife, and the Exhaustion of Permanent Political Engagement
July 6, 2026
A Workshop Where Everyone Is Cared For Is The Collective We Keep Being Told Is Impossible
A Workshop Where Everyone Is Cared For Is The Collective We Keep Being Told Is Impossible
July 5, 2026
The North Pole Answers Every Letter And Bezos Cannot Answer One
The North Pole Answers Every Letter And Bezos Cannot Answer One
July 5, 2026
A Worried King Hoarding Gold Is The Whole Economy In One Story
A Worried King Hoarding Gold Is The Whole Economy In One Story
July 5, 2026
The Whole Christmas Story Is About Overlooked Workers And I Rest My Case
The Whole Christmas Story Is About Overlooked Workers And I Rest My Case
July 5, 2026
There Was No Room At The Inn And There Is No Room In Portland Either
There Was No Room At The Inn And There Is No Room In Portland Either
July 5, 2026
A Portland Marxist Reconsiders Christmas and Finds One Worth Keeping
A Portland Marxist Reconsiders Christmas and Finds One Worth Keeping
July 1, 2026
I Went to a Socialist Book Club and Then a Club Club and the Second One Was More Revolutionary
I Went to a Socialist Book Club and Then a Club Club and the Second One Was More Revolutionary
June 28, 2026
Diary: A Portland Christmas Is Just Santa With Better Coffee and More Rain
Diary: A Portland Christmas Is Just Santa With Better Coffee and More Rain
June 27, 2026
Megan’s Portland Week: Left Wing, Night Club, Rain
Megan’s Portland Week: Left Wing, Night Club, Rain
June 27, 2026
Portland Has a New Coffee Shop With a Manifesto and I Have Read the Manifesto and I Have Thoughts
Portland Has a New Coffee Shop With a Manifesto and I Have Read the Manifesto and I Have Thoughts
June 24, 2026
A Portland Week: Left Politics, Rain, and Readings I Did Not Expect to Find Useful
A Portland Week: Left Politics, Rain, and Readings I Did Not Expect to Find Useful
June 24, 2026
I Went to Three Rallies and One Very Good Bar in Portland and Came Home to News About British Politics
I Went to Three Rallies and One Very Good Bar in Portland and Came Home to News About British Politics
June 24, 2026
Portland Rain and British PM News: Megan Amram’s June Diary From the Pacific Northwest
Portland Rain and British PM News: Megan Amram’s June Diary From the Pacific Northwest
June 23, 2026
Portland Is Still Weird and I Mean That as Empirical Description Not Marketing
Portland Is Still Weird and I Mean That as Empirical Description Not Marketing
June 23, 2026
The Democratic Party Held a Meeting About Its Future and I Went So You Don’t Have To
The Democratic Party Held a Meeting About Its Future and I Went So You Don’t Have To
June 23, 2026
I Read Three Books About Capitalism This Month and Now I Have Different Problems
I Read Three Books About Capitalism This Month and Now I Have Different Problems
June 23, 2026
Starmer Was Not the Problem. The Problem Is Still the Problem.
Starmer Was Not the Problem. The Problem Is Still the Problem.
June 22, 2026
A Portland Diary: Rain, the Left, and Reading Across the Atlantic
A Portland Diary: Rain, the Left, and Reading Across the Atlantic
June 20, 2026
Megan Amram — Cycle 4 Week 1: left-wing politics and Portland
Megan Amram — Cycle 4 Week 1: left-wing politics and Portland
June 19, 2026
Megan Amram — Cycle 4 Week 2: left-wing politics and Portland
Megan Amram — Cycle 4 Week 2: left-wing politics and Portland
June 19, 2026
Megan Amram — Cycle 4 Week 3: left-wing politics and Portland
Megan Amram — Cycle 4 Week 3: left-wing politics and Portland
June 19, 2026
Suburban Lawns Become Mini Golf Courses
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Suburban Lawns Become Mini Golf Courses

Suburban Lawns Become Mini Golf Courses - Homeowners Associations Declare War on Fun
Posted by Jasmine Carter October 23, 2025
Pedestrian Traffic Lights Confuse Citizens
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Pedestrian Traffic Lights Confuse Citizens

Pedestrian Traffic Lights Confuse Citizens - Color-Coded Chaos Reigns at Downtown Intersections
Posted by Heidi Ladein October 23, 2025
Library Book Treadmills Launched
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Library Book Treadmills Launched

Library Book Treadmills Launched - Multitasking Reaches Absurd New Heights
Posted by General B.S. Slinger October 23, 2025
Museum Launches Silent Disco Exhibit
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Museum Launches Silent Disco Exhibit

Museum Launches Silent Disco Exhibit - Art Lovers Dance to Different Beats While Staring at Paintings
Posted by Ingrid Gustafsson October 23, 2025
City Bans Morning Jogging After Runners Snooze
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City Bans Morning Jogging After Runners Snooze

City Bans Morning Jogging After Runners Snooze - Fitness Enthusiasts Choose Sleep Over Exercise in Shocking Development
Posted by Indra Quell October 23, 2025
Mindfulness Latte Customers Meditate Too Long
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Mindfulness Latte Customers Meditate Too Long

Mindfulness Latte Customers Meditate Too Long - Café Forced to Install Timers as Zen Seekers Overstay Welcome
Posted by Helene Voigt Journalist October 23, 2025
City Mandates Fun Hour Where Citizens Pretend
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City Mandates Fun Hour Where Citizens Pretend

City Mandates Fun Hour Where Citizens Pretend - Mandatory Joy Initiative Receives Mandatory Enthusiasm
Posted by Hannah Miller October 23, 2025

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