Last year, as the city faced a budget deficit, Portland Street Response was fighting for its existence. The city’s ...

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I’ve been happily married to my wife for fifteen years. I’m a 54-year-old man, she’s a 55-year-old woman. While sex has never ...

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Ok ok ok, not everyone is aware of this, but Portland has a thriving hardcore punk scene—and it’s (finally) getting the ...

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 ...

"Are you going to call it ‘A Tale of Two Bookshops’?" Craig Florence, owner of Mother Foucault's asks. We are not. The ...

The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another.

The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another.