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All Things Being Equal

All Things Being Equal
Oct 9, 2019, 11:46 a.m.
In the Middle of a Fight

In the Middle of a Fight
Oct 9, 2019, 5:58 a.m.
Push for Changes in Police Contract

Push for Changes in Police Contract
Oct 8, 2019, 3:11 p.m.
Music Hall Honors

Music Hall Honors
Oct 8, 2019, 2:30 p.m.
Warming Heads and Hearts

Warming Heads and Hearts
Oct 8, 2019, 2:50 p.m.

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“The Cotton Bowl" (left), and "Branded Head” are two of the thought-provoking works by African American multimedia artist Hank Willis Thomas from his “All Things Being Equal” exhibit.

All Things Being Equal

October 9, 2019 | 11:46 a.m.

“Boogie Cat” Norman Sylvester will front a musical journey of blues and gospel in America in concert with an all star lineup of Portland musicians when Boogie Cat Productions presents its latest “Phenomenal Concert,” at the Alberta Rose Theatre on Friday, Oct. 18.

Phenomenal Concert Encore

October 9, 2019 | 11:36 a.m.

Mercedes Muñoz

Oregon Teacher of the Year

October 9, 2019 | 11:30 a.m.

Mingus Mapps, a public policy consultant and former employee in Portland’s Office of Civic Life, is running for the Portland City Council, challenging his former boss Portland City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly. Mapps lives in the Buckman neighborhood where he is raising his two sons.

In the Middle of a Fight

October 9, 2019 | 5:58 a.m.

Arts & Entertainment

“The Cotton Bowl" (left), and "Branded Head” are two of the thought-provoking works by African American multimedia artist Hank Willis Thomas from his “All Things Being Equal” exhibit.

All Things Being Equal

October 9, 2019 | 11:46 a.m.

Rev. Dr. T. Allen Bethel

Anniversary a Musical Tribute

October 8, 2019 | 3:03 p.m.

Community luminary Paul Knauls, left, will be honored with a heritage award at Saturday’s Oregon Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony while R&B Funkmaster Ural Thomas is the Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s Artist of the Year.

Music Hall Honors

October 8, 2019 | 2:30 p.m.

Portland ‘Funkmaster’ Remembered

October 1, 2019 | 1 p.m.

Metro

Mingus Mapps, a public policy consultant and former employee in Portland’s Office of Civic Life, is running for the Portland City Council, challenging his former boss Portland City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly. Mapps lives in the Buckman neighborhood where he is raising his two sons.

In the Middle of a Fight

October 9, 2019 | 5:58 a.m.

Sheila Sylvester (left) and Annie Nuomi, co-chairs of Warm Heads and Hearts, a volunteer sewing, knitting and crocheting group that creates hats for our neighbors experiencing homelessness. The diverse group regularly meets at New Song Community Church at 2511 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and has created over 1,600 articles of clothing since 2017.

Warming Heads and Hearts

October 8, 2019 | 2:50 p.m.

Board members of the newly formed Black American Chamber of Commerce gather at historic Union Station after a meeting last month to adopt bylaws. The board members pictured are Theo Cason (from left), Jesse Hyatt, Lené Hopson, E.D. Mondaine, John Tolbert and Antjuan Tolbert. Not pictured are board members Margo Bryant and E.D. Owens.

New Front for Economic Growth

October 1, 2019 | 3:12 p.m.

Entrepreneur Rita Calloway welcomes customers to her new mobile beauty salon ‘Styled by Her Beautique,’ one that she can take anywhere in the city.

A Beauty Salon on Wheels

October 1, 2019 | 2:56 p.m.

Law & Justice

Andrew Riley of Unite Oregon

Push for Changes in Police Contract

October 8, 2019 | 3:11 p.m.

Adrian Wayman (left), the minority owner of a unique cannabis dispensary in Portland called Green Box, and his employee Spencer Gray and one of their “green boxes” of marijuana products for home delivery, the first business of its type in the state. Green Box was a recent recipient of a grant underwritten by Prosper Portland to bolster minority-owned films in the legal cannabis businesses.

Cannabis Business Gets a Boost

October 1, 2019 | 2:09 p.m.

A photo shows some of the damage to Our Lady of Lavange Church at 5404 N.E. Alameda after a disgruntled man drove his SUV into the church on the day before Christmas last year. The driver was sentenced Friday to probation.

Church Vandal Sentenced to Probation

September 25, 2019 | 5:55 a.m.

A youth-led climate strike on Friday drew thousands of Portlanders, mostly students, but also toddlers to grandparents, joining millions worldwide to protest government inaction on the climate change crisis. But one incident involving police use of force against a young African American male drew complaints of police brutality from black civic leaders. Thousands marched peacefully from City Hall, across Hawthorne Bridge to the grounds of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.

Police Action at March Criticized

September 24, 2019 | 5:07 p.m.

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