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Oregon abortion providers prepare for increased demand

As providers are dealing with increasing numbers of out-of-state patients, rural Oregonians also face a lack of access The leaked Supreme Court draft revealing the likely reversal of the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade is reverberating acros ...

25 May 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Opinion | Reckoning with history

The historical impact of sexual violence in Native communities explains why some are not welcome in our spiritual spaces Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. T he prisoner hierarchy is simple, good dudes at the ...

18 May 2022 - Ga lo Vann
Opinion | Thank you, abortion providers, for providing critical health care despite political attacks

Every day, abortion providers across the country provide essential health care to patients — with compassion and without judgment. They do this while navigating growing barriers to care that make it increasingly difficult to provide abortion. Planned Pare ...

9 Mar 2022 - Anne Udall
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s fight endures; these Oregonians are making sure of it

RBG was a champion for reproductive freedom, equal pay and pregnancy accommodations, and her work carries on through these advocates T he late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has long been acclaimed for carrying the weight of progressive issues in the Supreme ...

7 Oct 2020 - Hanna Merzbach
The progressive side of the Catholic Church

National Catholic Reporter correspondent Heidi Schlumpf is coming to Portland to talk about resistance both inside and outside the church Heidi Schlumpf has reported on issues of religion, spirituality and social justice for three decades, most recently a ...

27 Sep 2019 - Casey Miller
It was feminism that led her to witchcraft

‘Waking the Witch’ author Pam Grossman says her activism and her magic are intertwined Pam Grossman is a writer, curator, practicing witch, and teacher of magical practice and history. Her new book, “Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Powe ...

20 Sep 2019 - Casey Miller
More sexual-assault reports at Coffee Creek prison raise questions

Despite consistent allegations by several women who said they were abused as inmates, doubts about other accusers’ claims meant charges weren’t filed This report contains potentially triggering details of an alleged sexual assault and may not be suitable ...

5 Apr 2019 - Emily Green
A salute to the women of the IWW

BOOK REVIEW | ‘Beyond the Rebel Girl’ by Heather Mayer chronicles the contributions of women in organized labor in the Pacific Northwest A hundred years ago, Washington and Oregon were hotbeds of labor radicalism. The most radical union of the time, the I ...

29 Mar 2019 - Mike Wold
How Roma is inspiring fairer treatment of domestic workers in Mexico

COMMENTARY | Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar-winning movie highlights the struggle of the profession Mexico City, 1970. Cleo’s alarm sounds very early in the morning. She gets up and climbs down the stairs from her rooftop room in the upper-middle-class house wher ...

1 Mar 2019 - Karina Patricio... and Arely Cruz-Santiago
Oregon sexual assault survivor is setting the expectation for college athletes

Brenda Tracy is working to combat rape culture in sports The president. The Supreme Court. Hollywood. Journalism. Restaurants. Comedy. No aspect of American life has been untouched by sexual assault, sexual harassment and #MeToo, including the world of co ...

2 Nov 2018 - Jason Cohen