Sex workers say the decriminalization of full-service sex work promotes safety I f Kat Salas could, she would snap her fingers and decriminalize full-service sex work in Oregon tomorrow. But, she feels conversations and more education need to happen befor ...
25 Aug 2021 - Ellena Rosenthal
She came to Portland inspired to help the houseless community, and the Red House propelled her into activism Raven Ellaine came out West in an effort to provide mutual aid, which, as she describes it, is a way people come together using their resources or ...
19 May 2021 - Ellena Rosenthal
To some of the people marching in support of Black lives, the same flag represents very different values A special agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation couldn’t have profiled Xander Almeida anymore inaccurately. In a backyard in Northeast Port ...
2 Sep 2020 - Ellena Rosenthal
The senator from Oregon touts the advantages of mail-in voting, a program his state pioneered 20 years ago As the coronavirus crisis upends elections in several states this primary season, Oregon’s U.S. senators want to take the state’s vote-by-mail model ...
27 Mar 2020 - Ellena Rosenthal
Since it opened in 2017, the primary care clinic serving Portland’s LGBTQ+ community has seen more than 1,000 patients and has added two mental health providers Prism Health, Portland’s first allopathic health clinic focused on primary care for the LGBTQ+ ...
21 Jun 2019 - Ellena Rosenthal
The clinic strives to make everyone feel comfortable accessing primary care – no stigma, no judgment Brandon wore his favorite blue nail polish the first time he visited Prism Health, and as he walked into the brightly colored building on Portland’s South ...
12 Jan 2018 - Ellena Rosenthal