Sarah Mirk

Sarah Mirk started at the Mercury in 2008 and reports mainly on transportation, sex and gender issues, politics, and crazy people. Her non-news interests include comic books, history, and pie.

Sarah Mirk

Recent Articles

Comic: How the Pandemic Made Me Rethink Gender

Queer Week Comic: “This is Not Our First Pandemic”

Portland Protest Comic: "Some Things Change, Some Things Don't"

Secret Shopping

Plan B Isn't Truly Over the Counter in Portland

The Empowerment Cure

How Teen Sex-Ed Has Undergone a Brilliant and Rapid Revolution

How to Talk to Your Anti-Gay Relatives

A Convenient Conversation Flowchart

Bike Share in the Future

Four Cities Give Portland Some Advice about Bike Share

Roe v. Wade v. the Future

40 Years Later, a Q&A with the Lawyer Who Legalized Abortion

Cough It Up

City May Require Paid Sick Days for All Workers

Interview With the Lawyer Who Argued Roe v. Wade

Good Morning News!

On the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, We're All "Pro-Life"

This is the Thing I'm Always Afraid Of

Pine State Biscuits & Por Que No Back City Plan Requiring Paid Sick Days for all Workers

All the Single Ladies Make $260,000

Lance Armstrong Thinks the Worst Thing He Could Do is Call Someone Fat

Americans on Abortion: "Who Cares? Keep it Legal."

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Sarah Mirk

Recent Articles

Plan B Isn't Truly Over the Counter in Portland

How Teen Sex-Ed Has Undergone a Brilliant and Rapid Revolution

A Convenient Conversation Flowchart

Four Cities Give Portland Some Advice about Bike Share

40 Years Later, a Q&A with the Lawyer Who Legalized Abortion

City May Require Paid Sick Days for All Workers

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