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
As the city commissioner in charge of emergency response dispatching, he said he also wants to ensure that operators are ready for a Portland Street Response expansion Portland City Commissioner Mingus Mapps may be a newly elected official, but he’s not n ...
24 Feb 2021 - Joe Opaleski
The new city commissioner prioritizes housing, supportive services, food security and digital equity Carmen Rubio is new to public office as a city commissioner, but she has walked the halls of power for many years. She served in the offices of Multnomah ...
17 Feb 2021 - Joe Opaleski
The new Portland city commissioner outlines his priorities for 2021 Dan Ryan is among three new faces on the Portland City Council this year, but his first few months in office are unquestionably the most challenging of the bunch. But then, having taken o ...
10 Feb 2021 - Joe Opaleski
What, exactly, is anarchism? Many anarchists resist embracing a solid definition, and their ideologies spill into other movements, such as antifa. The Department of Justice declared Portland an “anarchist jurisdiction” on Sept. 21, and if you take a walk ...
30 Dec 2020 - Joe Opaleski
The eight plaintiffs say police arrested them after closing a park that was designated for unhoused campers displaced by the Almeda fire At least eight people, some of whom are homeless, say they plan to sue the city of Medford, the Medford Police Departm ...
7 Oct 2020 - Joe Opaleski
Portland is center stage in a federal crackdown on protests that relies largely on social media surveillance — but activists are adapting With Portland at the center of the Trump administration’s push to quash protests and paint protesters as “violent ana ...
23 Sep 2020 - Henry Brannan and Joe Opaleski