Originally published in the Mercury's sister publication The Stranger, as part of its Love & Sex Issue.] On July 3, 1981, the ...

On the Monday before the start of the ongoing Providence strike, Natalie Barron, a nursing instructor at Portland Community ...

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event ...

Out of many, one.” Or so the phrase goes. You can find it on the Great Seal of the United States. It has been the unofficial motto of this country since the 1780s. Please note that the motto has ...

In the early 1970s, Portland design reviewers used a miniature (yet massive) model of downtown to consider proposed ...

Workers at the Arbor Lodge New Seasons continued their strike into a seventh day on Monday, in an effort to reinstate lead ...

The city of Portland issued Zenith Energy a new Land Use Compatibility Statement (LUCS) on Monday morning, enabling the ...

Portland’s Forest Park is one of the city’s most treasured natural features, and among the largest urban forests in the ...

With an almost mathematical precision to its pulpiness, The Prosecutor, the latest action-thriller from Hong Kong superstar ...

On a gray December morning last year, a group of neighbors made their way through downtown Portland, headed for the office of ...

It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If ...

Read all of the articles in our Love/Sex issue HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Elle ...