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42-659: The " Burnside Burn " was an event held on the Burnside Bridge in Portland, Oregon , starting at midnight on July 1, 2015, the day recreational marijuana became legal in the U.S. state of Oregon . It was organized by Portland NORML , the local chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws , having originated from its executive director, who wanted to photograph himself in front of

84-563: A "stand-alone business" within AOL, taking control of more of its own business and advertising operations, and directing more effort towards securing "premium advertising". In June 2015, Verizon Communications acquired AOL for US$ 4.4 billion and the site became a part of Verizon Media. Huffington resigned to pursue other ventures and was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Lydia Polgreen in December 2016. In April 2017, Polgreen announced

126-774: A $ 5 million Series A round from SoftBank Capital and Greycroft . In December 2008, The Huffington Post raised $ 25 million from Oak Investment Partners at a $ 100 million valuation and Fred Harman of Oak Investment Partners joined its board of directors. The money was to be used for technology, infrastructure, investigative journalism , and development of local versions. In June 2009, Eric Hippeau , co-managing partner of Softbank Capital , became CEO of The Huffington Post . In January 2011, The Huffington Post received 35% of its traffic from web search engines (SEOs), compared to 20% at CNN . This strategy appealed to AOL CEO Tim Armstrong , who tried to implement similar SEO-driven journalism practices at AOL at

168-622: A final cost of $ 4.5 million (including approaches). It was the first Willamette River bridge in Portland designed with input from an architect. This led to the Italian Renaissance towers and decorative metal railings. The bascule system was designed by Joseph Strauss . The initial principal engineer for the bridge construction was the firm of Hedrick & Kremers. The bridge was then completed by Gustav Lindenthal , who also supervised its construction. Streetcars crossed

210-625: A local businessman who was a proponent of the 1866 dredging of the Willamette River. Construction of the original Burnside Bridge began in November 1892, and the bridge opened on July 4, 1894. It was a swing-span truss bridge made of wrought iron and steel. The replacement was part of a $ 4.5 million bond that also included the construction of the Ross Island and Sellwood bridges. The public would later learn that

252-537: A message" and opined, "Legalization is so much more than being able to smoke a joint in your home without being a criminal. It's a health care issue; it's a tax revenue issue; it saves states millions in the court system; and it ends the hidden costs of prosecution, which emerge when someone can't get a job because there's a possession charge on their record." The Washington Post called the "Burnside Burn" an opportunity for marijuana enthusiasts to "celebrate their new freedom together". Burnside Bridge The bridge

294-486: A sex offender. Editors later removed the article at the author's request. HuffPost has been seen as a mostly progressive , liberal or liberal-leaning outlet, being described as such by the BBC , CNN , and Politico . Upon becoming the editor-in-chief in December 2016, Lydia Polgreen said that the "wave of intolerance and bigotry that seems to be sweeping the globe" after the election as US president of Donald Trump

336-413: A significant number of contributors. Contributors had included: HuffPost has been criticized for providing a platform for alternative medicine and supporters of vaccine hesitancy , including in a detailed critique in 2009 by physician and author Rahul Parikh. In 2020, biology professor and founder of the science blog Pharyngula addressed hesitancy and other issues. Steven Novella , president of

378-499: Is scheduled to open by 2031. The Huffington Post HuffPost ( The Huffington Post until 2017, itself often abbreviated as HuffPo ) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy eating, young women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It

420-548: The Burnside Bridge 's north sidewalk for the free event. The crowd sometimes spilled into the road and blocked multiple traffic lanes, resulting at one point in the complete blockage of west-bound traffic. Activists chanted "Free the weed" and "Fuck the DEA ". Cannabis was shared and consumed openly. The crowd was larger than anticipated and spanned the entire length of the 1,400-foot (430 m) Burnside Bridge. Belville had initially expected "between 50 and 5,000 people", but details of

462-489: The HBO documentary television series Vice . The Oregonian described the event as "loud and energetic", attracting a diverse and "eclectic" crowd of activists, marijuana enthusiasts, and first-time consumers, some from as far away as Canada and San Diego. According to Willamette Week , attendees ranged from octogenarians to "tweens with rainbow hair" and the crowd was "generally happy". The newspaper summarized, "All and all,

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504-453: The HBO television series Vice . The "Burnside Burn" was organized by Portland NORML , the local chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws , in celebration of the legalization of recreational marijuana use in Oregon and to circumnavigate a temporary limit on recreational sales. According to Russ Belville, the chapter's executive director, the event began with

546-784: The New England Skeptical Society , criticized The Huffington Post for allowing homeopathy proponent Dana Ullman to have a blog on the site. In 2011, skeptic Brian Dunning listed it at No. 10 on his "Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites" list. In January 2012, The Huffington Post was criticized for appointing as editorial director in France the well-known former TV journalist Anne Sinclair , because she stood by her husband Dominique Strauss-Kahn , former IMF head, when several women accused him of sexual assault. Commentators at l'Express , Rue89 , and Le Monde warned against potential conflict of interest in

588-508: The White Stag sign in the moments after Oregon Ballot Measure 91 took effect. The crowd, larger than anticipated, numbered in the thousands and at times blocked traffic lanes on the bridge. Some attendees wanted to commemorate the moment, while others were motivated by announcements of free marijuana and seeds. No fines were issued for consumption in public. The event was covered by cannabis publications, local and national news outlets, and

630-492: The " Puffington Host ", while Rush Limbaugh referred to it as the " Huffing and Puffington Post ". During the 2016 United States presidential election , HuffPost regularly appended an editor's note to the end of stories about candidate Donald Trump, reading: "Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims—1.6 billion members of an entire religion—from entering

672-492: The 1924 contract was given for $ 500,000 more than the lowest bid. Having moved the bridge location to profit by selling their land, three Multnomah County commissioners were recalled as a result of the scandal, and a new engineering company assumed control of the project. The Ku Klux Klan had backed the commissioners and enabled their system of kickbacks and grafts; the ensuing "rotten bridge scandal" removed much of their clout even by 1924. The bridge opened on May 28, 1926, at

714-550: The Burnside Bridge until 1950, and electric trolleybuses serving the Sandy Blvd. route did so from 1936 to 1958. Currently, three TriMet bus routes use the bridge. In the 1990s the Burnside Bridge was made a Regional Emergency Transportation Route, the one non-freeway bridge to be used by emergency vehicles. In 1995 one of the six lanes was removed to accommodate new bicycle lanes. From March until November 2002

756-505: The French edition's news coverage. In April 2017, HuffPost South Africa was directed by the press ombudsman to apologize unreservedly for publishing and later defending a column calling for disenfranchisement of white men, which was declared malicious, inaccurate and discriminatory hate speech. In July 2019, HuffPost was criticized for publishing a story written by Rachel Wolfson, a publicist, that praised financier Jeffrey Epstein ,

798-539: The U.S. and closed down HuffPost Canada , laying off 23 staff working for the Canadian and Quebec divisions of the company. The Huffington Post was launched on May 9, 2005, as a commentary outlet, blog, and an alternative to news aggregators such as the Drudge Report . It was founded by Arianna Huffington , Andrew Breitbart , Kenneth Lerer , and Jonah Peretti . Prior to this, Arianna Huffington hosted

840-435: The bridge underwent a $ 2.1 million seismic retrofit, making it the first bridge operated by Multnomah County to receive earthquake protection. The bridge was under construction in 2006 in order to replace the deck. The electric streetcar tracks, abandoned in 1950, were visible during the construction. This project was budgeted at $ 9 million and the majority of the work was completed on December 9, 2007. The bridge

882-729: The company had lost "around $ 20 million" during the previous year, and HuffPost Canada was shut down and ceased publishing. On April 12, 2021, Danielle Belton became editor-in-chief. Following the gradual shut-down of BuzzFeed News announced in 2023, BuzzFeed, Inc. refocused its news efforts into HuffPost , with plans to rehire past BuzzFeed News employees at HuffPost or at BuzzFeed. The site originally published work from both paid reporters and unpaid bloggers through its contributor network . In February 2011, Visual Art Source, which had been cross-posting material from its website, went on strike against The Huffington Post to protest against its writers not being paid. In March 2011,

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924-458: The company would rebrand, changing its official full name to HuffPost , with changes to the design of its website and logo, and content and reporting. On January 24, 2019, 20 employees were laid off as a part of Verizon Media laying off 7% of its staff. The opinion and health sections were eliminated. Pulitzer Prize finalist Jason Cherkis lost his job. On March 6, 2020, Polgreen announced that she would step down as editor-in-chief to become

966-472: The court, holding that the bloggers had volunteered their services, their compensation being publication. In 2015, Wil Wheaton stated that he refused to allow his work to be reused for free on the site. The practice of publishing blog posts from unpaid contributors ended in January 2018. This transformed the site, which had become notable for featuring extensive sections in a broad range of subjects from

1008-484: The current short-span bridge would not survive a major earthquake, and recommended a replacement long-span bridge. Early concepts for the new bridge included designs that resembled nearby Willamette River bridges; the six finalists, organized into cable-stayed and tied-arch designs, were presented for a public vote in July 2024. The replacement is estimated to cost $ 895 million and would begin construction in 2026; it

1050-414: The event spread online and through word of mouth, and ultimately it was estimated that "thousands" had turned out. Some attendees said they were there to commemorate an historic moment, while others admitted having come for free marijuana and cannabis seeds. One man, known as "Pork Chop" (or "Porkchop"), reportedly announced over a megaphone that he had 420 pounds of marijuana to distribute, though his claim

1092-468: The head of content at Gimlet Media . In November 2020, HuffPost shut down its India operation after six years. According to some media reports, the acquisition did not include the India site due to regulations barring foreign ownership of Indian Digital Media. On February 16, 2021, BuzzFeed acquired HuffPost from Verizon Media in a stock deal. On March 9, 2021, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti said that

1134-539: The heaviest bascule bridges in the United States. The counterweights , housed inside the two piers, weigh 1,700 short tons (1,518 long tons; 1,542 t). The lifting is normally controlled by the Hawthorne Bridge operator, but an operator staffs the west tower during high river levels. As of 2005, the bridge opened for river traffic an average of 35 times a month. The bridge provides shelter for

1176-432: The idea of taking a photograph in front of the White Stag sign . He recalled: "It evolved from me saying that when legalization happens, I want to take a photo under the Portland, Oregon sign. Other people said, 'Can we give marijuana away?' [and] I said, 'I can't stop you!'" On the evening of June 30, beginning as early as 8pm, and into the morning of July 1, 2015, between a few hundred and a few thousand people gathered on

1218-487: The initially unauthorized Burnside Skatepark under the east end. On weekends, the Portland Saturday Market was held mostly under the bridge's west end for many years. The market was reoriented in 2009, but the Burnside Bridge continues to provide shelter for a few vendor stalls at the market's northern end. In 1891, Burnside Street was renamed from "B" street to take the name of Dan Wyman Burnside,

1260-471: The larger than expected crowd. Coupons were also distributed for later redemption. Participants smoked openly and without fear. No fines were issued for consumption in public. Patrol vehicles drove by the scene a few times but did not stop. Prior to the event, police urged residents to avoid calling 9-1-1 to report public consumption, which they did not consider an emergency. The event was covered by cannabis publications, local and national media outlets, and

1302-415: The mood was celebratory as befit such an historic occasion." NORML's Kaliko Castille told The Huffington Post he was "happy to see a community able to come together—peacefully—over something positive. It's great to see people from all walks of life out here, handing out joints to each other and getting to know their neighbors." The Huffington Post 's Andy Campbell called the event a "smoke-out with

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1344-537: The news". According to Michael Steel, press secretary for Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner , Republican aides "engage with liberal websites like The Huffington Post [anyway, if for] no other reason than [because] they drive a lot of cable coverage". Jon Bekken, journalism professor at Suffolk University , has cited it as an example of an " advocacy newspaper ". The Wall Street Journal editor James Taranto has mockingly referred to it as

1386-526: The site was launched on May 9, 2005, as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US$ 315 million, with Arianna Huffington appointed editor-in-chief. In June 2015, Verizon Communications acquired AOL for US$ 4.4 billion, and the site became a part of Verizon Media. In November 2020, BuzzFeed acquired the company. Weeks after the acquisition, BuzzFeed laid off 47 HuffPost staff, mostly journalists, in

1428-541: The strike and the call to boycott was joined and endorsed by the National Writers Union and NewsGuild-CWA ; however, the boycott was dropped in October 2011. In April 2011, The Huffington Post was targeted with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by Jonathan Tasini on behalf of thousands of bloggers who had submitted material to the website. On March 30, 2012, the suit was dismissed with prejudice by

1470-736: The time of its acquisition of The Huffington Post . In March 2011, AOL acquired The Huffington Post for US$ 315 million. As part of the deal, Huffington became president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post and existing AOL properties Engadget , TechCrunch , Moviefone , MapQuest , Black Voices, PopEater (now subpage on the HuffPost Entertainment subpage), AOL Music , AOL Latino (now HuffPost Voices ), AutoBlog, Patch, and StyleList. In December 2011, The Huffington Post said it had 36.2 million unique visitors. The Huffington Post subsumed many of AOL's Voices properties, including AOL Black Voices , which

1512-563: The website Ariannaonline.com. Her first foray into the Internet was the website Resignation.com, which called for the resignation of President Bill Clinton and was a rallying place for conservatives opposing Clinton. An early Huffington Post strategy was crafting search-engine optimized (SEO) stories and headlines based around trending keywords , such as "What Time Is the Super Bowl?" In August 2006, The Huffington Post raised

1554-559: Was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 2012. The Eastbank Esplanade , which opened in 2001, is connected to the bridge by stairs added during the esplanade's construction. However, because of the bridge's age, it cannot support any extra weight, so the stairways must be supported by separate pilings. In 2020, the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project deemed that

1596-430: Was created to provide a progressive alternative to conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report . The site contains its own content and user-generated content via video blogging , audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize . Founded by Arianna Huffington , Andrew Breitbart , Kenneth Lerer , and Jonah Peretti ,

1638-460: Was designed by Ira G. Hedrick and Robert E. Kremers , incorporating a bascule lift mechanism designed by Joseph Strauss . Including approaches, the Burnside has a total length of 2,308 ft (703 m) and a 251 ft (77 m) center span. While lowered, this span is normally 64 ft (20 m) above the river. The deck is made of concrete, which contributes to its being one of

1680-534: Was established in 1995 as Blackvoices.com , and AOL Latino , Impact (launched in 2010 as a partnership between Huffington Post and Causecast ), Women , Teen , College , Religion , and the Spanish-language Voces (en español) . The Voices brand was expanded in September 2011 with the launch of Gay Voices , dedicated to LGBT -relevant articles. By late 2013, the website operated as

1722-421: Was not supported by news outlets. Two women with Ideal Farms, who wished to "share the love", distributed joints to attendees who could prove that they were of legal age. One man distributed drops of hash oil , and Belville himself shared an ounce of marijuana (the maximum allowed under Oregon Ballot Measure 91 ). Some participants did receive free marijuana, seeds, and/or starter plants, but many did not, due to

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1764-433: Was remarkable, and that The Huffington Post had an "absolutely indispensable role to play in this era in human history." Commenting in 2012 on increased conservative engagement on the website despite its reputation as a liberal news source, The Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington stated that her website was "increasingly seen" as an Internet newspaper that is "not positioned ideologically in terms of how we cover

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