Portland State’s Social Justice & the Arts program graduates its first students
The first students in the country to graduate college with degrees in Social Justice and the Arts will cross the stage June 12, as new alumni of an innovative program at Portland State University. Launched two years ago by a veteran jazz pianist and a professor of conflict resolution, the curriculum combines music, theater, film,…
Unions should act as AI disruptors in their communities
Americans’ trust in news sources reached a new low of 28% last year, as support for labor unions reached nearly 70%. Surging usage of artificial intelligence, or AI, to generate information threatens news reliability even further, especially as a growing number of people rely on social media or AI chat bots to source their information.…
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International Whores’ Day builds community, fights deadly stigma
A couple hundred sex workers, allies and curious passersby gathered at Laurelhurst Park on a recent sunny Monday afternoon to celebrate International Whores’ Day. The June 2 holiday honors sex workers around the world, and was started 51 years ago when about 100 sex workers took over a church in France to protest criminalization and…
Vanport Cottonwoods named state heritage trees
The Vanport community scattered after a massive flood in 1948, but a cluster of trees whose shade they might have enjoyed still grow there today. The Vanport Cottonwoods are located in a grove near the eastern end of the slough at the Portland International Raceway, constructed on the historic Vanport site. On May 29, the…
