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Ex Cop found Guilty

Ex Cop found Guilty
Apr 20, 2021, 4:07 p.m.
PSU Proposal: Race Studies Mandate

PSU Proposal: Race Studies Mandate
Apr 20, 2021, 4:29 p.m.
My Top 10 Films for 2020

My Top 10 Films for 2020
Apr 20, 2021, 12:41 p.m.
Portland Observer’s 50 Years

Portland Observer’s 50 Years
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Charles H. Abraham Lyles

In Loving Memory

April 22, 2021 | 4:41 p.m.

Rev. Lenny Duncan

Our Justified Grievances with Policing

April 21, 2021 | 9:29 a.m.

Ethan Johnson is chair of the Black Studies Department at Portland State University.

PSU Proposal: Race Studies Mandate

April 20, 2021 | 4:29 p.m.

People in Minneapolis cheer Tuesday after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP photo)

Ex Cop found Guilty

April 20, 2021 | 4:07 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Minari, director Lee Isaac Chung’s film about a Korean family who moves to a farm in rural Alabama. In advance of the Academy Awards on April 25, Portland Observer film critic, Opionated Judge columnist Darleen Ortega, rates Minari as the best film of 2020, the first of her top 10 films of the year. Photo courtesy Diamond Films.

My Top 10 Films for 2020

April 20, 2021 | 12:41 p.m.

The 2021 Rose Festival Court is now complete with 15 outstanding women from Portland area high schools.(Pictured, top row from left:) Jennifer Dinh, David Douglas; Beatriz Santiago Perez, Grant; Sophia Chin, Benson Polytechnic;n Catalina “Cata” Monteiro, Ida B. Wells; and Jiwon “Jina” Lim, Lincoln.
(Middle row from left:) Eliyana Camara, Franklin; Lilianna “Lili” Rosebrook, Valley Catholic; Madison “Madi” Cooper, Central Catholic; Zemzem Hussen, Roosevelt; and Faith Isibor, Leodis V. McDaniel.
(Bottom row from left:) Jillian North, Lakeridge; Kayla Pierce, Jefferson; Natalie Mathers, Parkrose; Aundrea Brazile, St. Mary’s Academy; and Lucy “Rena” Marthaler, Cleveland.

Ushering In Rose Festival

April 20, 2021 | 10:18 a.m.

DMX performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta on Oct. 1, 2011. (AP photo)

Rapper-actor DMX Remembered

April 9, 2021 | 11:54 a.m.

Chip Miller (left) directs and Damien Geter curates the compositions for “Journey to Justice,” a virtual production of art, song, opera and short pieces taken through the eyes and experiences of being African American.

Journeys to Justice

April 6, 2021 | 4:07 p.m.

Metro

Ethan Johnson is chair of the Black Studies Department at Portland State University.

PSU Proposal: Race Studies Mandate

April 20, 2021 | 4:29 p.m.

Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia, OHSU physician and the 1988 Rose Festival Queen when she was a student at Jefferson High School, will emcee when the Portland Rose Festival Foundation honors Paul Knauls, a 90-year-old luminary from Portland’s Black community.

Rose Festival Honors

April 20, 2021 | 10:24 a.m.

Portland firefighters put out a fire started during a police protest Tuesday night that targeted a police union office on North Lombard Street. Police said someone in the crowd used an unknown accelerant on the wooden framing around a door of the building, then lit it on fire. Damage was estimated at $25,000.

Police Union Office Set on Fire

April 14, 2021 | 10 a.m.

Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell calls for an end to violence during a news conference last Aug. 30 after a demonstrator was shot and killed in downtown Portland. A new proposal to stop a spike in gun violence was reached by the Portland City Council on Wednesday. (AP archive photo)

Deal Reached on Attacking Gun Violence

April 8, 2021 | 11:20 a.m.

Law & Justice

People in Minneapolis cheer Tuesday after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (AP photo)

Ex Cop found Guilty

April 20, 2021 | 4:07 p.m.

In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listens as his defense attorney gives closing arguments Monday, April 19 in the trial of Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25 death of George Floyd. (Photo by Court TV via AP)

Jury Deliberates on Cop who Killed Floyd

April 19, 2021 | 2:49 p.m.

Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt

FBI to Team with Portland on Guns

April 13, 2021 | 1:39 p.m.

A protest against police brutality turned violent Monday night when ball bearings were used to break windows at the Penumbra Kelly Building, a multipurpose facility for police and other city services on East Burnside Street. Projectiles were also thrown at police.

Police Add Up Damages from Riot

April 13, 2021 | 11:01 a.m.

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