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  1. ‘Born again in Ferguson’

    Unrest lured the Rev. Osagyefo Sekou away from the pulpit and into the streets ‘in the communion of protest’ The Rev. Osagyefo Sekou — organizer, pastor, theologian and author — has found a new calling on the front lines of Ferguson and Baltimore.  Sekou ...

    19 Jun 2015 - Leonora Ko

  2. Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom goes behind bars

    Watch Brian Lindstrom’s recent films and it’s clear the importance the filmmaker places on compassion. “Finding Normal” is about recovering addicts who reach out to help others through recovery. “ Alien Boy ” explores issues of police accountability in th ...

    6 Dec 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar

  3. Coming soon to a uniform near you: body cameras

    Law enforcement and police accountability advocates alike are warming to the idea of requiring officers to film their encounters with citizens – a trend that promises to profoundly change law enforcement. Proponents of the idea expect that equipping offic ...

    3 Oct 2014 - Jake Thomas

  4. Finding solidarity with Ferguson

    “Hands up. Don’t shoot. Hands up. Don’t shoot. Hands up. Don’t shoot.” I stood in a crowd of people in a city park echoing this line on Saturday afternoon. Among the crowd could be seen old and young and people of all different shades of color. Children w ...

    9 Sep 2014 - Grace Badik

  5. Most wanted: Police accountability

    The tragedy of the Michael Brown killing is rocking the nation. It should. For anyone living in an urban environment, especially people of color and the poor — the events of Michael Brown and the community response is not surprising. It’s hard to shift th ...

    29 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer

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