small businesses The Sports Bra Is a Bar That Plays One Thing: Women's Sports The lesbian-owned Portland sports bar wants to redefine what a traditional sports bar looks like by providing a safe and empowering space for female and LGBTQ fans.
Sports She Couldn't Find a Bar Showing Women's Sports, So She Opened One Jenny Nguyen got frustrated back in 2018 when she was trying to watch the NCAA women’s basketball final, and none of the TVs at a local sports bar were showing the big game. Out of that frustration, Nguyen conceived the idea for The Sports Bra, her Portland hangout where women’s sports are always on and the best athletes in women’s...
rebound Canceled Tours, Threatened Attractions: Tourism Contends With Climate Change One company incorporates environmental damage into its tours
rebound From Portland to Miami, Climate Change Threatens Local Tourism For small tourism businesses across the U.S., climate change is fundamentally shifting the experiences and sites they’re able to offer clientele. “We’re seeing ski destinations without snow in the winter, we’re seeing beaches increasingly eroded,” says Expedia’s VP of sustainability, Aditi Mohapatra. “So there’s the kind of physical manifestations of climate change that are having a real impact on...
hair care Gender Norms Aren't a Big Deal at This Portland Barbershop “It’s really awesome to give a safe space for people to feel comfortable and not have to hold back on what kind of haircut they want based on what they identify as… We just want everyone to feel happy here,” says Kenzy Lee, owner of Take Pride Barbershop in Portland, Oregon. NBCLX Storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo reports.
portland ‘Kicking a Hornet's Nest': Mayor of Portland Teargassed With Protesters in Viral Video Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler accuses the Trump administrations of kicking a hornet’s nest in this New York Times report as he’s teargassed along with other protesters in a recent standoff.
portland protests Portland Protests: What One Independent Journalist Sees On the Streets Journalist Tuck Woodstock has been on the ground in Portland covering protests in the city, and putting their own safety in danger to do so. Woodstock joined LX News to talk about the importance of independent and volunteer journalists to tell this story, and what they are seeing on the streets.
portland Trump's Efforts to Clamp Down on Protests in Portland Have Only Reinvigorated Them The federal officers sent into Portland, Oregon, by the Trump Administration to crack down on protests have been behaving in unpredictable ways that have caused confusion and fear in the city, said Celina Tebor, a reporter from the Oregonian. But she said the protests seem to have been only reinvigorated by their presence.
