I spent most of my first year of grad school sitting in the back row of class with my hood ...

A few months ago I met and learned about Julia DeGraw, who is running against Nick Fish for Portland City ...

I first heard Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in person on April 19, 1960 during my senior year at ...

As a tribute to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination, ...

It’s now been just over a month since 17 teenagers were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, culminating ...

We're talking about restrictions on menthol flavored tobacco

We’ve reached a cruel new phase in the U.S. government’s war on immigrants without papers. And it should disturb you ...

Due to the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the politicians that support them, meaningful discourse on the issue of gun ...

We are long overdue for a discussion about immigration as it relates to black immigrants, particularly at this moment as ...

As horrified as we were then, just after the Columbine shooting in 1999, we could not have imagined the next ...

The city does not have the time or the finances to fix these sidewalk problems. I say to homeowners, fix ...

News anchors and pundits scratch their heads and ask, "What can be done to fix this?" while ignoring the obvious ...

I remember stuffing my backpack full of action figures as a kid on my way to school. It never crossed ...

If polling is correct, pot no longer gives Americans fits. Recent Gallup polls indicate that 64 percent of Americans approve ...

Dr. King had a dream of economic justice for all of our nation’s poor.