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Donnell Alexander is a Portland-based creator of cultural content. Follow him on Twitter @donnyshell.

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The Florida cannabis behemoth leaving Black growers behind

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Down and out in Portland: Lean seasons had always been part of my writing life, but this time I was dead broke

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From Hip-Hop to Hollywood

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