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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter
Mar 4, 2015, 12:27 p.m.
Possible Freedom for Marijuana Offenders

Possible Freedom for Marijuana Offenders
Mar 4, 2015, 12:06 p.m.
Exploring Hate in Moving Play

Exploring Hate in Moving Play
Mar 3, 2015, 4:14 p.m.
Window into Oppression

Window into Oppression
Mar 3, 2015, 2:53 p.m.
Jobs and Hope

Jobs and Hope
Mar 3, 2015, 2:16 p.m.

Latest News

Reco Garland (left) and Rohan Singh from north Portland’s Ockley Green Middle School describe their experiences learning about Trayvon Martin’s death and the pitfalls of racial profiling and stand-your-ground laws.

Black Lives Matter

March 4, 2015 | 12:27 p.m.

Marc H. Morial

Giuliani's Words Do More than Hurt - ...

March 4, 2015 | 12:15 p.m.

No Safe Way to Haul Oil by ...

March 4, 2015 | 12:12 p.m.

Rep. Lew Frederick

Possible Freedom for Marijuana Offenders

March 4, 2015 | 12:06 p.m.

Arts & Entertainment

"The Laramie Project" examines the death of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard, an openly gay college student, brutally murdered in 1998 for his sexual identity.

Exploring Hate in Moving Play

March 3, 2015 | 4:14 p.m.

Ibrahim Ahmed and Layla Walet Mohamed in ‘Timbuktu,’ the story of a small African community’s experience of jihad.

Window into Oppression

March 3, 2015 | 2:53 p.m.

Grimm TV Actor Russell Hornsby works with Kyra Orr, a drama student from Grant High School, and one of the local students he is mentoring through the August Wilson Monologue contest.

Competition Heats Up!

February 25, 2015 | 12:19 p.m.

Rapper duo stic.man and M-1 of dead prez bring their music to Portland this Saturday.

We Need a Revolution

February 24, 2015 | 2:02 p.m.

Metro

Reco Garland (left) and Rohan Singh from north Portland’s Ockley Green Middle School describe their experiences learning about Trayvon Martin’s death and the pitfalls of racial profiling and stand-your-ground laws.

Black Lives Matter

March 4, 2015 | 12:27 p.m.

Clients celebrate the opening of Happy Cup Coffee Company on Northeast Killingsworth and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Jobs and Hope

March 3, 2015 | 2:16 p.m.

Pastor W.G. Hardy Jr. has exceeded expectations as the dynamic and activist pastor of the Highland Christian Center in northeast Portland. Now facing cancer and a terminal illness, the congregation is reaching out to show their appreciation.

Praying for a Miracle

February 25, 2015 | 12:04 p.m.

The Ambridge Event Center, located next door to the Oregon Convention Center in northeast Portland, has apologized and offered to host Portland’s Black PFLAG chapter for free after first turning away the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender support group’s rental application.

Making Amends

February 24, 2015 | 2:11 p.m.

Law & Justice

Reco Garland (left) and Rohan Singh from north Portland’s Ockley Green Middle School describe their experiences learning about Trayvon Martin’s death and the pitfalls of racial profiling and stand-your-ground laws.

Black Lives Matter

March 4, 2015 | 12:27 p.m.

Rep. Lew Frederick

Possible Freedom for Marijuana Offenders

March 4, 2015 | 12:06 p.m.

Marian Wright Edelman

A Cruel and Unjust Juvenile Justice System

February 25, 2015 | 12:49 p.m.

Avel Gordly

Terrorism Task Force Draws Fire

February 18, 2015 | 11:47 a.m.

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