activism

  • Fall of Freedom Comes to Portland — And “Liberty Wept” Takes Her First Stand

    On November 21, 2025, Portland joins more than 600 creative resistance events nationwide as part of Fall of Freedom—a sweeping, two-day mobilization of artists, writers, performers, and community spaces rising in defiance of growing authoritarian threats across the country. At Past Lives Makerspace, their monthly Open Mic Night is transforming into a special Fall of

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  • Cyber-Activism: 10 Ways to Stay Safe

    After the results of the 2024 Presidential Election, specific groups have been targets of cyberbullying. Horrific racist texts went out to scores of black people instructing them to go to a plantation to pick cotton. The vile self-described incel Nicholas Fuentes trumpeted “Your body, my choice,” both on his Twitter account and on his disturbing

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