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New voices, new stations converge on rare FM license offering

New low-power FM stations will soon become part of Portland’s media landscape, representing a different set of voices from commercial and public radio. Among the applicants are student-run radio stations from Portland State University and Reed College. Th ...

4 Dec 2013 - Devan Schwartz
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
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
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
Oregon poised to give outdated privacy laws a reboot

Edward Snowden revealed to the world the great extent of government overreach and mass surveillance on a national scale. As the 2015 Oregon Legislature convenes in Salem next week, curbing warrantless spying here at home should be at the top of its agenda ...

31 Jan 2015 - Becky Straus