The city has settled dozens of claims and lawsuits and more are pending So far, the city of Portland has paid over $2.8 million resolving police use of force lawsuits and claims stemming from the racial justice protests that roiled the city in 2020. The M ...
5 Apr 2023 - Piper McDaniel
Recently unearthed documents, an Oscar-winning film and today’s racial justice movement bring new significance to the Chicago Black Panther Party chairman’s 1969 assassination The recent discovery of memos related to the 1969 assassination of Black Panthe ...
28 Apr 2021 - Suzanne Hanney
The congressman from Portland hopes to flip the script on centuries of government-sanctioned discrimination Congressman Earl Blumenauer doesn’t consider himself naive. He’s been in politics most of his life, from the Portland City Council to serving Orego ...
13 Sep 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
She launched the movement more than 10 years ago to support black girls. Today, she fears the hashtag could alienate marginalized groups. A recurring question Tarana Burke is asked by men is: “Can you teach me how I can do better?” “‘Do I have to teach yo ...
9 Feb 2018 - Sandra Pandevski
Anna Vasquez is one of the San Antonio Four – LGBT Latinas imprisoned for more than a decade for a horrific crime that never occurred. Now, Vasquez is working to protect others from wrongful conviction. Anna Vasquez and three of her friends – Elizabeth Ra ...
10 May 2017 - Suzanne Zalokar
The civil rights activist talks about holding ground under renewed threats to minority communities and police oversight On Jan. 19, the eve of the Presidential inauguration, the Rev. Al Sharpton stood outside Trump International Hotel in New York City wit ...
16 Mar 2017 - Adam Sennott