As Multnomah County grapples with widespread inequities in its criminal justice system, heads turn toward the D.A. Prosecutors wield a tremendous amount of power in the courtroom, and in an effort to keep it that way, they systematically block attempts to ...
21 Apr 2016 - Emily Green
Why is Multnomah County still spending millions to churn non-violent behavioral offenses through the criminal justice system? More than a thousand quality-of-life crimes are prosecuted in Multnomah County each year. These crimes are typically non-violent ...
15 Apr 2016 - Emily Green
Oregon is one of 15 states where prosecutors alone can decide whether to try a youth as an adult — and it’s happening to black and Latino teens disproportionately When administrators summoned 15-year-old Keeshawn Bullitt to the main office at Grant High S ...
4 Apr 2016 - Emily Green
Through tragedy, Jim Serrill discovered he had a lot of love to give. That will be the subject of his TED talk. Despite the occasionally pilfered vegetable, Jim Serrill refuses to build a fence around his community garden. The garden, he said, is there f ...
17 Mar 2016 - Emily Green
Activists want to harness heightened interest in pollution to bring reform to air quality regulations News that two local glass manufacturers spewed toxic pollution into the air while Oregon Department of Environmental Quality did nothing elicited shock a ...
10 Mar 2016 - Emily Green
To meet greenhouse gas emissions goals for 2050, we’ll need to change our eating habits, researcher Zak Accuardi explains If you want to significantly reduce your carbon footprint, it might be time to rethink your diet. Agriculture is responsible for enor ...
3 Mar 2016 - Emily Green
PART III | Advocates, reforestation operators say effective policy changes will need to come from the top down This is Part III of a three-part series on the working conditions and treatment of Oregon's immigrant forestry workers. Marko Bey was sit ...
18 Feb 2016 - Emily Green
Oregon's immigrant forestry workers have little recourse to pervasive exploitation and labor violations For three decades, thousands of Latin American immigrant and guest workers have performed much of the most grueling work in Oregon's forests. ...
18 Feb 2016 - Emily Green
PART II | Companies face few inspections, mild consequences despite actions that lead to serious injury or death This is Part II of a three-part series on the working conditions and treatment of Oregon's immigrant forestry workers. It was raining o ...
11 Feb 2016 - Emily Green
PART I | State hearings reveal the vulnerability of workers who live in fear of retaliation if they speak out This is Part I of a three-part series on the working conditions and treatment of immigrant forestry workers. Any Oregonian who watches network ...
5 Feb 2016 - Emily Green