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Jun 14, 2021

I Took My Kids to Homeless Camps to Help A Little. They Told Me I Look Like Lil Dicky.

Helping others can be hard. It’s also a basic part of being a human being.

I Took My Kids to Homeless Camps to Help A Little. They Told Me I Look Like Lil Dicky.

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May 19, 2021

Portlanders have no fcks left to give about vaccines, the CDC or Dr. Fauci

Including the headline, this blog post contains six f-bombs

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Dec 23, 2020

New long-read story on Narratively tells the tale of “King Chaos, Queen Cricket and One Long…

Out today: A new long-form story about a group of people living in vehicles on the edge of the Portland airport. Here’s how Narratively…

New long-read story on Narratively tells the tale of “King Chaos, Queen Cricket and One Long…

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Dec 15, 2020

The Village Alternative: Andrew Heben and Tim McCormick Have a Democratic Solution to Houselessness

‘By Thacher Schmid

The Village Alternative: Andrew Heben and Tim McCormick Have a Democratic Solution to Houselessness

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Nov 4, 2020

Weeping Tears of Joy in my Beer: Biden-as-Harm-Reduction and our Divided Electorate

We watch the pretty colors, the blue and the red, the dizzying backdrops and pretty graphics.

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Oct 29, 2020

Good morning, America, how are you? 27 questions on Portland’s institutional, cultural dysfunction

The chorus of an Arlo Guthrie tune my dad used to sing soars in my head.

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Aug 11, 2020

Talking Protest and Revolution with Chicago 7’s Lee Weiner

A protest leader and Chicago 7 trial codefendant has a new book, ‘Conspiracy to Riot’

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Jun 22, 2020

An interview with Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson about the tenth leading killer of Americans…

Johnson cosponsored the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, to make 9–8–8 a national crisis hotline. Amidst a pandemic and historic…

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Mar 5, 2020

Denzel’s Melody, DACA dance & Disappearing Dad

An immigrant story of trauma and love

Denzel’s Melody, DACA dance & Disappearing Dad

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Feb 26, 2020

PopMob, Antifa & ‘Sprayboy’

A deeper dive into Portland’s leading antifascist group, a major 2019 demonstration, and related questions and controversies

PopMob, Antifa & ‘Sprayboy’

Poor for a Minute

Poor for a Minute

We are all poor due to the broken social safety net in the United States, the world’s richest nation. Portfolio, bio, contact: ThacherSchmid.com

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