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Remembered for Heartfelt Leadership

Remembered for Heartfelt Leadership
Nov 29, 2021, 11:14 a.m.
A Black Doctor for Better Health

A Black Doctor for Better Health
Nov 16, 2021, 4:53 p.m.
Police Bias Continues Pattern, Activists say

Police Bias Continues Pattern, Activists say
Nov 11, 2021, 12:42 p.m.
Portland Observer’s 50 Years

Portland Observer’s 50 Years
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The Portland Observer: Did you Know?

The Portland Observer: Did you Know?
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Nancy Mejia (from left), Denise Tupper, Jataune Hall and Ahquoya Brooks of Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO) invite the community to shop for Christmas by visiting the MESO holiday market at 1237 N.E. Alberta St. Doors open Tuesdays through Saturdays through Dec. 24.

Shopping to Make an Impact

December 7, 2021 | 3:01 p.m.

Budtenders Cheyenne Hillard and Justin Jackson begin inventorying the sales floor before the store opens in the Burlingame neighborhood of southeast Portland.

Help for Burglarized Cannabis Stores

December 7, 2021 | 2:43 p.m.

Members of the cast of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," an award winning play of mystery now playing through Dec. 24 at Portland Center Stage at The Armory, downtown.

A Best Play Mystery

December 7, 2021 | 2:32 p.m.

KOIN-TV shows the scene on I-5 in north Portland after police killed an armed suspect following an hours-long incident Monday morning that included a home invasion, several carjackings and gunfire.

Armed carjacker killed by police

December 6, 2021 | 5:20 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Members of the cast of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," an award winning play of mystery now playing through Dec. 24 at Portland Center Stage at The Armory, downtown.

A Best Play Mystery

December 7, 2021 | 2:32 p.m.

Presented at the recent Portland Film Festival, “The Death of My Two Fathers” by Sol Guy captured a sense of how our ancestors and our legacies live inside each of us. For the latest viewing options, visit thedeathofmytwofathers.com.

Our Ancestors and Our Legacies

December 6, 2021 | 3:34 p.m.

Lanita Duke

Leading Discussions on Race

December 6, 2021 | 1:48 p.m.

Charlie Chaplin congratulates entertainer Josephine Baker after her performance at the charity gala "Le Bal des Petits Lits Blancs," at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, on May 20, 1953. France on Tuesday inducted Baker – Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French Resistance fighter and civil rights leader – into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of France's most revered luminaries. (AP photo)

Black Artist Immortalized in France

November 30, 2021 | 11:34 a.m.

Metro

Nancy Mejia (from left), Denise Tupper, Jataune Hall and Ahquoya Brooks of Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO) invite the community to shop for Christmas by visiting the MESO holiday market at 1237 N.E. Alberta St. Doors open Tuesdays through Saturdays through Dec. 24.

Shopping to Make an Impact

December 7, 2021 | 3:01 p.m.

Charles Moose, Portland’s first Black police chief, died Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021.

Remembered for Heartfelt Leadership

November 29, 2021 | 11:14 a.m.

Arbor Lodge is the first shelter managed by the Joint Office of Homeless Services that pairs restrooms and heated sleeping pods outside with a traditional indoor sleeping space, allowing the facility to expand the number of people it serves.

Severe Winter Weather Shelters Readied

November 23, 2021 | 10:16 a.m.

Dr. Jill Ginsberg (right) introduces Dr. Gina Guillaume as the new medical director for the North by Northeast Community Health Center (NxNE) in northeast Portland, Oregon’s only medical facility devoted to African American and Black health.

A Black Doctor for Better Health

November 16, 2021 | 4:53 p.m.

Law & Justice

Budtenders Cheyenne Hillard and Justin Jackson begin inventorying the sales floor before the store opens in the Burlingame neighborhood of southeast Portland.

Help for Burglarized Cannabis Stores

December 7, 2021 | 2:43 p.m.

KOIN-TV shows the scene on I-5 in north Portland after police killed an armed suspect following an hours-long incident Monday morning that included a home invasion, several carjackings and gunfire.

Armed carjacker killed by police

December 6, 2021 | 5:20 p.m.

A painted mural of Ahmaud Arbery is displayed on May 17, 2020, in Brunswick, Ga., where the 25-year-old man was shot and killed. Three white men charged in his death were convicted of his murder on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. (AP photo)

Arbery Killers Found Guilty

November 24, 2021 | 11:34 a.m.

Malcolm X, one of the nation’s most formidable fighters for civil rights, speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C., on May 16, 1963. Two of the three men convicted of his 1965 assassination, two years later, were cleared Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, after insisting on their innocence since the killing. (AP photo)

Convictions Tossed in Malcolm X Killing

November 18, 2021 | 12:19 p.m.

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