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How Joey Gibson, and those who orbit around Patriot Prayer, have found meaning (and thrills) in violent right-wing extremism Editor’s note: For much of this year, reporter Sergio Olmos has been granted on-the-record access to Joey Gibson, founder of Patriot Prayer, one of the violence-prone, far-right groups that have turned Portland into a cage match with violent liberal groups. On Aug. 15, the Portland Tribune published an article by Olmos about the lead-up to a...

Photo courtesy of Pamplin Media Group   Coming September 19th For much of this year, Underscore reporter Sergio Olmos was granted on-the-record access to Joey Gibson, founder of Patriot Prayer, one of the violence-prone, far-right groups that have turned Portland into a cage match with violent liberal groups. On Aug. 15, Underscore and the Portland Tribune published an article by Olmos about the lead-up to a violent 2018 Patriot Prayer protest. The second story in...

Over the past year, Sergio Olmos, reporter for Underscore, has been following Patriot Prayer, meeting with its organizers, supporters and detractors, in an effort to better understand a dynamic that has rocked Portland for the last few years.

A boy. A sport. The Faustian bargain between them.

Organized Latino clubs shake off an “ice it and play” attitude toward injuries — including concussions — while rising in the ranks

Californians? New Yorkers? A post-Portlandia feeding frenzy? Nope. Just investors.