Labor leadership in Portland comes together in defense of targeted communities and immigrant workers Many activist groups may find their members fall into one school of thought or another, but few organizations represent such varying ideologies among thei ...
12 Apr 2017 - Emily Green
Those who have the least are being displaced and forced to downsize – to discard the possessions they hold dear “I can only carry so many backpacks on my back at the same time with my precious items,” Barbara told me. She was tired, upset, exhausted. Stan ...
16 Feb 2018 - Kaia Sand
76 years after Clara Peoples founded Oregon’s celebration marking slaves’ emancipation, Janelle Jack ensures the festivities continue This story was updated June 17 to add that a new law now makes Juneteenth a federal holiday. C lara Peoples was working ...
16 Jun 2021 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Community leaders and health officials point to distrust, an incompetent early pandemic response and the predictable results of longstanding systemic inequities Black and Indigenous Oregonians have been infected, hospitalized and killed by COVID-19 at rat ...
26 Jan 2022 - Henry Brannan