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
The 1945 police killing of Ervin Jones left an impact on his family for generations. Now, his relatives hope to change the record surrounding his death. Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of racism and police violence. From the d ...
15 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Multnomah County Sheriff's Office did not confirm if the coin violated the office's policy or professional standards The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says the Professional Standards Unit was “not able to confirm” what an abbreviation on a s ...
18 May 2022 - K. Rambo
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
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
A long-sought memorial honoring hundreds of Chinese immigrants and people with mental illness whose graves were paved over is coming to fruition S ixteen years ago, officials discovered what some people had long suspected: a neglected corner of Southeast ...
26 May 2021 - Christen McCurdy
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 social justice organization has been working to assist API-owned businesses in Portland’s Jade District that have reported incidents of vandalism T he wave of aggression against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, accelerated by the pande ...
7 Apr 2021 - Karina Dwijayanti
Ron Daniels, a leader of the effort, talks to Street Roots about what’s at stake for African Americans and the nation Last month, a subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing to discuss House Resolution 40, a bill that would allow fo ...
24 Mar 2021 - Joe Opaleski
To heal, American cities can start with an area that was key to past discrimination: how land is used American cities represent part of the nation’s long and grim history of discrimination and oppression against Black people. They can also be part of the ...
7 Oct 2020 - Mark Roseland and Christopher Boone