The Portland Ombudsman’s office says U visa program needs policy and training updates Editor’s note: This story discusses domestic violence. An investigation shows the Portland Police Bureau wrongly dismissed dozens of visa applications from undocumented ...
21 Jun 2023 - Piper McDaniel
New exhibit, ‘My Father’s Father’s Sister’ focuses on Shimkhin, a 19th-century Two-Spirit Atfalati Kalapuya healer When looking at your own history, who looks back? It could be someone just like you. A new exhibit at the Chachalu Cultural Museum in Grand ...
14 Jun 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
Workers say the district’s denial is harmful and negligent Portland Public School custodians are seeking arbitration against the district after denying workers’ disaster pay request for working during the historic snowstorm in February. Clint Devia is one ...
7 Jun 2023 - Aurora Biggers
Oregonians voice their support of Brittney Griner's return to basketball after being detained nearly 10 months in Russia It was a star-studded night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on May 19. Celebrities in attendance included U.S. Vice President ...
7 Jun 2023 - DeVon Pouncey
In a city where homeless people are already much more likely to face arrest than housed people, officials have a ‘new’ proposal: warn, fine and arrest homeless Portlanders Update: Portland City Council passed the ordinance discussed in this story June 7. ...
6 Jun 2023 - K. Rambo
Eighth annual Vanport Mosaic Festival employs ‘memory activism’ for day of remembrance Just over 80 years ago, the U.S. government ordered 3,700 Japanese Americans from Oregon and parts of Washington to report to the Portland Expo Center in North Portland ...
31 May 2023 - Caroline Arya
Oregon’s labor scene saw at least five union wins, two new filings and 11 labor actions in May Oregon’s labor scene saw at least five union wins, two new filings and 11 labor actions in May — a dramatic drop in union wins and filings from April but a slig ...
31 May 2023 - Aurora Biggers
Continuing efforts to rename lakes, creeks, mountains and other geographical places with offensive and racist names are happening in Oregon, often with help from tribes and Native historians From lakes to creeks, mountains to plateaus, efforts across Oreg ...
24 May 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
From PSU to Chiloquin, Native Americans and allies gather, mourn and honor MMIP When a loved one goes missing, who looks? This month, Indigenous-led community groups are hosting cultural events across the Pacific Northwest with a unified purpose — to brin ...
17 May 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
A bill to give homeless people the right to be left alone fails to move through OR House Editor's note: This is an updated version of a story originally published in the April 26 print edition of Street Roots. O vid Neal III was 6-foot-4 with chisele ...
3 May 2023 - Tom Henderson