Marcia L. Taylor Congratulations to Marcia L. Taylor of Portland for her decades of support to improve the quality of life of those...

Portland Community College hosts a meeting for minority, women, emerging small businesses and veteran-owned firms. A new event to recruit...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown welcomes Portland Observer Publisher Mark Washington Sr. to her office at the Capitol in Salem last week for her...

Says system so flawed prisons should be abolished Beverly Corbell Walidah Imarisha, educator, writer, academic and spoken word artist, is...

Reservations required Arya Morman, 2020 Ms. Black International Ambassador, and a clinical operations manager for Lifeworks NW, is...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown welcomes representatives of African American communities across the state to the state Capitol in Salem last week...

Surprise decision stuns college community Beverly Corbell Goodness Adefope, who came to Portland from Nigeria to attend Concordia...

Moving ahead on effort to save cultural landmarks The historic Royal Palm Hotel, located at 310 N.W. Flanders, was one of Portland’s...

Documenting the city’s historic black culture Photos from the estate of photographer Carl Henninger, discovered by his son Michael...