Please spare us the trumpeting of donations in lieu of closing or, worse, the cringeworthy insistence on the value of your open business as a ‘safe space.’
I don’t envy the position many Portland business owners found themselves in last week when a nationwide strike opposing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations — which had recently zeroed in on our own residents — called for them to close… [3802 chars]
Source: Portland Press Herald | Published: 2026-02-06T09:00:00Z
Credit: Portland Press Herald
