Letter From the Editor
February 2023
Dear Readers, Welcome back to another edition of the Pacific Sentinel. As 2023 commences, there is, as there always has been (and likely always…
Letter From the Editor
The Case for ACAB
On Policing as Inherently Corrupt
All Cops Are Bastards. A phrase that had entered the public lexicon in 1920s England, amplified in the 1940s by working class strikes, and…
Letter From the Editor
January 2023
Dear Readers, Merrriam-Webster online defines abolition as: Abolition (noun): (1) The act of officially ending or stopping something: the act of abolishing something, (2)…
A Very Modest Proposal
A Letter to the Mayor
To the honorable Ted Wheeler, respectable heir to Willamette Industries, upstanding Police Commissioner, Pontifex Maximus, & Mayor of Portland in His Second Remove, …
Notes From Behind the Bar
Quitting Time
We were at this dive down the street from our place. Some bar and grill that had been recommended to us for its steak….
Emergency Funding Continues
Portland State to Continue Offering Emergency Funding Through 2021-22 School Year
At a student media press conference held during this quarter, Stephen Percy, Portland State’s President, confirmed that PSU will continue to offer emergency funding…
Oregon’s Mask Mandates to be Lifted by March 31st
On February 7, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced that the statewide mask mandate for indoor public spaces would be lifted no later than…
Notes From Behind The Bar
Pulling Teeth
“Ok… let ‘em in.” Somebody moved to unlock the outside doors. It was precisely 10:00 and I was standing next to the oven…
On Decapitated
The Perseverance of R*pe Culture in Rock and Metal
Content Warning: This article includes details of sexual assault. In September of 2017, all four members of the Polish death metal outfit Decapitated (Michał…
Notes From Behind the Bar
A bicycle mechanic, a line cook, and a shotgun walk into a bar…
Stone gray clouds, heavy and threatening, hover above the city as I make my way to the 7/11 on the corner near where I…