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Healing and Making Good

Healing and Making Good
Oct 17, 2017, 4:41 p.m.
Access Gifted School Protests Closure

Access Gifted School Protests Closure
Oct 17, 2017, 4:34 p.m.
Empowerd Sisterhood

Empowerd Sisterhood
Oct 17, 2017, noon
Fitness with JJ

Fitness with JJ
Oct 17, 2017, 11:42 a.m.
Trauma and Justice

Trauma and Justice
Oct 10, 2017, 4:48 p.m.

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, frame from video, Myeshia Johnson cries over the casket of her husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in an ambush in Niger, upon his body’s arrival in Miami. President Donald Trump told the widow that her husband “knew what he signed up for,” according to Rep. Frederica Wilson, who said she heard part of the conversation on speakerphone.

Soldier’s Mom says Trump Showed Disrespect

October 18, 2017 | 11:17 a.m.

Vicki Guinn, a public relations manager at Legacy Health, oversees the community outreach into plans to develop a vacant lot next to Legacy Emanuel Hospital for community use while acknowledging the black community that was displaced from the site decades ago.

Healing and Making Good

October 17, 2017 | 4:41 p.m.

Access Academy students, teachers, and parents gather outside the Portland Public Schools administration building in north Portland to protest a proposal that would split Access students across eight schools.

Access Gifted School Protests Closure

October 17, 2017 | 4:34 p.m.

Nkenge Harmon Johnson and Erious Johnson Jr.

Esteemed Couple Win Payouts

October 17, 2017 | 4:31 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

Jim Pepper (left) and David Ornette Cherry

Music Night Salute to a Legend

October 12, 2017 | 11:06 a.m.

Portland’s Tyrone Carter, aka Ty Corleone, showcases poetic rhymes and storytelling as a dedicated hip hop artist.

Music Runs in His Family

October 10, 2017 | 4:03 p.m.

Groovin’ High Steepers take dancing to the next level. The African American swing dance group is ready to host its fifth annual soiree weekend, Oct. 13-15.

Groovin High Steppers Soiree

October 4, 2017 | 10:29 a.m.

Hohsin Hamid a Pakistani writer who explores conditions of human displacement and migration in his 2017 novel ‘Exit West,’ is this year’s featured book and author for Multnomah County Library’s ‘Everybody Reads’ program.

Author Picked for Everybody Reads

October 3, 2017 | 1:49 p.m.

Metro

Vicki Guinn, a public relations manager at Legacy Health, oversees the community outreach into plans to develop a vacant lot next to Legacy Emanuel Hospital for community use while acknowledging the black community that was displaced from the site decades ago.

Healing and Making Good

October 17, 2017 | 4:41 p.m.

Community leaders plan for the upcoming ‘Black Women’s Gathering,’ a revival of an event focusing on empowering and celebrating black women, healing, and a commitment of justice to strengthen families and the community. Pictured (from left) are organizers Joyce Harris, Stephanie Ghoston-Paul, Carol Tatch, S. Renee Mitchell, Debora Leopold-Hutchins and Adrienne Nelson.

Empowerd Sisterhood

October 17, 2017 | noon

Keith Murphy (right) and Kate Desmond discuss how they are implementing trauma-informed practices at the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice. Murphy, a parole and probationary caseworker for the county, says that the new practices allow him to slow down and be more empathetic with his justice-involved clients.

Trauma and Justice

October 10, 2017 | 4:48 p.m.

The Multnomah County Justice Center, downtown, includes a jail with several floors reserved for prisoners.

Justice Reform Effort Grows

October 10, 2017 | 4:39 p.m.

Law & Justice

In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, frame from video, Myeshia Johnson cries over the casket of her husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in an ambush in Niger, upon his body’s arrival in Miami. President Donald Trump told the widow that her husband “knew what he signed up for,” according to Rep. Frederica Wilson, who said she heard part of the conversation on speakerphone.

Soldier’s Mom says Trump Showed Disrespect

October 18, 2017 | 11:17 a.m.

Nkenge Harmon Johnson and Erious Johnson Jr.

Esteemed Couple Win Payouts

October 17, 2017 | 4:31 p.m.

Keith Murphy (right) and Kate Desmond discuss how they are implementing trauma-informed practices at the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice. Murphy, a parole and probationary caseworker for the county, says that the new practices allow him to slow down and be more empathetic with his justice-involved clients.

Trauma and Justice

October 10, 2017 | 4:48 p.m.

Daryl Turner, a long time member of the Portland Police Bureau, speaks out to defend NFL protests.

An Unusual Ally

October 10, 2017 | 4:44 p.m.

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