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  1. New babies bring unique challenges to foreign-born moms

    In Multnomah County, foreign-born moms accounted for 1 in 4 babies in 2015 Adjusting to the physical changes and endless demands a baby brings into her life can be a struggle for any new mom. But for many foreign-born mothers, these challenges are more li ...

    4 Aug 2016 - Emily Green

  2. Migrant forest workers win back pay

    Laborers were shorted $103,500 for work on public lands in Oregon, Idaho and Arizona The U.S. Department of Labor announced in June that its investigators found two reforestation companies owed more than $103,500 in back wages and damages to their employe ...

    14 Jul 2016 - Emily Green

  3. Timber's fallen: Efforts show promise for working conditions in Oregon forestry

    PART III | Advocates, reforestation operators say effective policy changes will need to come from the top down This is Part III of a three-part series on the working conditions and treatment of Oregon's immigrant forestry workers.   Marko Bey was sit ...

    18 Feb 2016 - Emily Green

  4. Timber's fallen: A three-part investigative series on Oregon's reforestation workers

    Oregon's immigrant forestry workers have little recourse to pervasive exploitation and labor violations For three decades, thousands of Latin American immigrant and guest workers have performed much of the most grueling work in Oregon's forests. ...

    18 Feb 2016 - Emily Green

  5. Timber’s fallen: Enforcement of forest labor laws spotty, lacks bite

    PART II | Companies face few inspections, mild consequences despite actions that lead to serious injury or death This is Part II of a three-part series on the working conditions and treatment of Oregon's immigrant forestry workers.   It was raining o ...

    11 Feb 2016 - Emily Green

  6. Timber’s fallen: The plight of immigrant forestry workers

    PART I | State hearings reveal the vulnerability of workers who live in fear of retaliation if they speak out This is Part I of a three-part series on the working conditions and treatment of immigrant forestry workers.    Any Oregonian who watches network ...

    5 Feb 2016 - Emily Green

  7. ACLU’s David Rogers: Communities divided by politics of fear

    The new ACLU of Oregon director also sounds the alarm on pending ballot measures, digital privacy, criminal justice As a child, watching the “CBS Evening News” was routine for David Rogers.  Each night, his family gathered around a television set in their ...

    21 Jan 2016 - Emily Green

  8. Planet Portland: Rebel heart

    She grew up punk in conservative Tehran, but don't tell Dela Moradpour she was 'oppressed' With her labret, tongue and eyebrow piercings and jet-black, turquoise-streaked hair, Delaram Moradpour, known as “Dela,” might have blended seamless ...

    21 Sep 2015 - Emily Green

  9. Planet Portland: New beginning

    For Cuban Geovani Rodriguez, freedom means many things Geovani Rodriguez was 21 when he sailed away from Cuba on a homemade raft. He wasn’t afraid of the voyage, he says, even though his younger brother, Herminio, died when he left the island nation on a ...

    7 May 2015 - Emily Green

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