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Putting Kids and Families First

Putting Kids and Families First
Jan 21, 2020, 11:32 a.m.
Back to the Drawing Board

Back to the Drawing Board
Jan 21, 2020, 1:42 p.m.
Humanity Shines in ‘Sweat’

Humanity Shines in ‘Sweat’
Jan 21, 2020, 12:15 p.m.
Communities of Color Leader Fights for Progress

Communities of Color Leader Fights for Progress
Jan 14, 2020, 11 a.m.
Fire Chief on Dr. King’s message

Fire Chief on Dr. King’s message
Jan 14, 2020, 10:52 a.m.

Latest News

Aaron Campbell

Aaron Campbell Vigil Planned

January 23, 2020 | 9:43 a.m.

Andrea Vernae (left) stars as Paulina, the queen bee and mean girl, and Morgan Walker as Ericka, the newcomer who threatens her reign, in ‘School Girls’ or ‘The African Mean Girls,’ by award winning Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh.

Beauty Explored in ‘African Mean Girls Play’

January 22, 2020 | 11:32 a.m.

Warner Pacific University hosts a screening of the documentary “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School,” on Monday, Feb. 3 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Film Screens with Call to Action

January 22, 2020 | 11:19 a.m.

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib

‘Squad’ Progressive to Talk Housing

January 21, 2020 | 1:54 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Cynthia (Cycerli Ash) struggles with the loss of good paying factory jobs and the effects of company management decisions in ‘Sweat,’ a Pulitzer-Prize winning play by African-American playwright Lynn Nottage, now playing through Feb. 2 at Imago Theater, 17 S.E. Eighth Ave.

Humanity Shines in ‘Sweat’

January 21, 2020 | 12:15 p.m.

Aretha Franklin’s film “Amazing Grace,” finished in late 2018, captures the late Queen of Soul at her captivating best, recording a gospel album in 1975 at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. The film will screen Sunday, Jan. 26 at 4:30 p.m. as part of the Northwest Film Center’s Reel Music Festival at the Portland Art Museum.

Most Thrilling Musicians on Film

January 21, 2020 | 9:49 a.m.

A struggle commences between both tradition and progress as two very different men (Anthony Perkins and Jonathan Price) confront elements from their pasts in order to find common ground and forge a future for the Catholic Church in the Oscar- nominated film ‘The Two Popes.’

‘The Two Popes,’ a Compelling Drama

January 14, 2020 | 11:47 a.m.

Internationally acclaimed opera star Angela Brown will be in Portland for multiple performances this month, including the annual Martin Luther King Jr. community celebration on Monday, Jan. 20 at the Highland Center, free 11 a.m. performances on Jan 21 and 22at Roosevelt and Franklin high schools, and a public reception on Thursday, Jan. 23 from 6-8 p.m. at the June Key Delta Center, 5940 N. Albina.

Performing for King’s Birthday

January 14, 2020 | 11:17 a.m.

Metro

Andrea Vernae (left) stars as Paulina, the queen bee and mean girl, and Morgan Walker as Ericka, the newcomer who threatens her reign, in ‘School Girls’ or ‘The African Mean Girls,’ by award winning Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh.

Beauty Explored in ‘African Mean Girls Play’

January 22, 2020 | 11:32 a.m.

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib

‘Squad’ Progressive to Talk Housing

January 21, 2020 | 1:54 p.m.

An artist’s rendering shows proposed caps over I-5 in the Rose Quarter area that could only support a park or plaza. The Oregon Department of Transportation will now consider making the caps suitable to hold buildings after complaints by advocates for the African American community who want buildable lots to restore historic displacement going back decades.

Back to the Drawing Board

January 21, 2020 | 1:42 p.m.

Bahia Overton, the new executive director of Portland’s Black Parent Initiative, has only been on the job since Jan. 3, but has big plans for the nonprofit.

Putting Kids and Families First

January 21, 2020 | 11:32 a.m.

Law & Justice

Aaron Campbell

Aaron Campbell Vigil Planned

January 23, 2020 | 9:43 a.m.

Warner Pacific University hosts a screening of the documentary “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School,” on Monday, Feb. 3 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Film Screens with Call to Action

January 22, 2020 | 11:19 a.m.

Hundreds of people take to the street on Martin Luther King Day Monday to fight racism, gun violence and discrimination in an annual Reclaim MLK protest sponsored by the local civil rights organization Don’t Shoot. No permits were sought and traffic was temporarily blocked. The protesters carried signs, including ones that said, “Black Lives Matter” and “Justice for Quanice Hayes.”

Annual MLK Protest Fills Street

January 21, 2020 | 11:24 a.m.

A music video posted to Youtube that glorified firearms was investigated by Homeland Security and led to the arrest of two Portland men for illegal position of a firearm.

Music Video Leads to Firearm Charges

January 7, 2020 | 4:27 p.m.

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