Over a half-century, FBI targeted works and lives of more than 50 black writers, William J. Maxwell explains Writer William J. Maxwell discovered that over the course of half a century, the FBI targeted the works and lives of more than 50 black writers. ...
3 Mar 2016 - Robin Lindley
Fear is big business, and managing that fear along our nation’s 5,000 border miles is a booming industry. Author Todd Miller has researched and written about immigration and border issues along our Canadian and Mexican boundaries for more than 15 years. H ...
23 Apr 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
After the third year in a row of a disappointingly vague report from the Portland Police Bureau on its cooperation with the Joint Terrorism Task Force, frustrated City Council members appear ready to revisit Portland’s nebulous relationship with the FBI. ...
16 Apr 2014 - Becky Straus
The knocks came early. At around 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 23, Daniel Hernandez Garcia and his girlfriend of five years, Josefina Aguiniga, answered the door of their Southeast Portland home to find two officers. “They told me they were police officers and they w ...
4 Mar 2014 - Nathan Gilles
Street Roots talks with Oregon’s senior senator about the government’s surveillance program on its own citizens. Like you, I’m angry. Angry at being spied upon by my own government, and then lied to about it. Not exactly virgin territory for a nation with ...
12 Sep 2013 - Joanne Zuhl