Current Issue :: June 13, 2008 :: Contents
Cover Story
The Shocking Truth
Waterboarding. Hypothermia. Stress positions. Prolonged isolation. Sensory deprivation. These “clean” tortures leave deep psychological wounds but few physical scars — and they have been used for decades not only by dictatorships, but by democratic governments, including the United States.
Act Now
Help document the life and death of James Chasse
In September 2006, James Chasse was tackled by three law officers on a downtown street corner before a dozen eyewitnesses. James was not suspected of a crime, and he had not committed a crime.
Editorial
The opportunity of a renter’s lifetime
Column
Beirut’s concrete jungle a fitting backdrop to art show
If you’ve been in Portland since the early ’90s, you know why the city was dubbed “Little Beirut.” While the moniker is charming to Portland activists and Bush haters, the two cities could not be more different.
News
Activists deliver 2,000 signatures protesting city’s ‘abhorrent laws’
Advocates for people on the streets filled City Council Chambers June 11, unfurling nearly 2,000 postcards signed by residents calling for the suspension of the city’s sit-lie and anti-camping ordinances. The campaign to suspend the laws was organized by Sisters of the Road and Street Roots. Patrick Nolen, community organizer with Sisters, addressed the council, including new commissioner Nick Fish, and called for the city to end what he called "these abhorrent laws."
‘All workers need to have rights’
As an attorney representing low-wage and undocumented immigrants, Michael Dale has heard the question many times before: Why don’t these people just get in line for citizenship like everybody else? The answer is easy.
