A new pilot project taps volunteers to help refugees settle in Germany. The recipe for success? Responsibilities are shared among many people. “ Fertig!” This was first word that Hibo Mohamed learned of this, to her, very foreign language. Because Germans ...
5 Jan 2022 - Ulrich Jonas
The African Youth & Community Organization's bid to permanently reside at the former Trinity Broadcasting site rejected by the Portland Housing Bureau The Portland Housing Bureau’s (PHB) efforts to expand affordable housing came at a significant ...
10 Nov 2021 - Aurora Biggers
Jubilee Hall, a nonprofit offshoot of Diaspora Coffee and Chai, will provide barista training and immersive English-language education K hupsamlian (Sam) Khaute is carrying on his family’s tradition of serving hot beverages and providing a gathering space ...
2 Jun 2021 - Janey Wong
Lan Cao and her daughter Harlan discuss their memoir, ‘Family in Six Tones,’ and open up about the complexities of their relationship In 1975, Lan Cao left her country of Vietnam to seek refuge in the United States. At the age of 13, she had already faced ...
4 Nov 2020 - Alexandra Mosher
Farmworkers are considered essential workers, but they don’t necessarily receive essential services such as health care and unemployment benefits Beatriz Tapia fears tomorrow. So do billions of other people in a world caught in the grip of a deadly pandem ...
11 Apr 2020 - Anna Pedersen and Tom Henderson
Nadia Dahab, a local attorney involved in the legal fight against Trump’s policy banning immigrants who can’t pay for health care, says the White House is subverting Congress On Thursday, Jan. 9, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard o ...
17 Jan 2020 - Anna Pedersen
Layoffs come as the health center sees more patients forgo coverage due to a ‘chilling effect’ from Trump’s immigration rhetoric and ‘public charge’ policy Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center has cut 34 jobs and frozen 47 open positions across its netw ...
25 Oct 2019 - Christen McCurdy
Activists plan a rally to put pressure on the carrier and to inform passengers of their rights Demonstrators will rally in Portland this weekend and deliver a letter to Greyhound Lines Inc., demanding the bus company stop allowing federal immigration enfo ...
13 Sep 2019 - Emily Green
With its rampant conflicts of interest, the immigration court system is not consistent with American democracy, says Judge Ashley Tabaddor, president of the judges’ union Americans have been inundated with images and stories of migrant children separated ...
6 Sep 2019 - Helen Hill
Signatures are being collected for a ballot measure that could come before Oregon voters in November 2020 Efforts to keep undocumented immigrants from driving legally are underway once again – with help from the Oregon Republican Party. Two political hope ...
27 Aug 2019 - Emily Green