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  1. Whole Foods employee says he was told not to come back to work after refusing to remove anti-racist button

    The support supervisor at Portland’s Laurelhurst store said he was sent home for violating the company’s dress code Portland Whole Foods Market workers say they may stage another walkout after a floor support supervisor at the Laurelhurst Whole Foods stor ...

    30 Jul 2020 - Jessica Pollard

  2. Japanese American incarceration and present-day migrant camps: Perspectives of 3 survivors

    Japanese Americans who were detained during World War II share their perspectives on the immigrant detention centers the U.S. operates today The haunting images of children caged in chicken wire, warehoused in government facilities surrounded by armed gua ...

    16 Aug 2019 - Libby Dowsett

  3. Street Roots vendor writing: Reflections on work, life and racial justice

    Nettie Johnson opens up about her experiences with addiction, discrimination and hope When I first encountered Street Roots, I was living on the streets in downtown Portland. It was 2003. The building and logo haven’t changed much. I received a badge and ...

    14 Jun 2019 - Nettie Johnson

  4. Historical memory and place: Reflecting on police shootings in Portland

    Does place retain trauma? Can it heal? When I was a student at Grant High School, Kendra James and James Jahar Perez were killed after being stopped by Portland police. Their deaths were formative to my racial justice consciousness that had been initiated ...

    16 Jan 2015 - Kyle Weismann-Yee

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