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Kaia Sand | How can Portland do better for future Black women on City Council?

Opinion | Jo Ann Hardesty was subjected to relentless racist and sexist attacks during her tenure on City Council The map is complete, and soon, Portland City Council candidates will announce their intentions to run. Kaia Sand is the executive director of ...

23 Aug 2023 - Kaia Sand
Injury claims from PPB’s 2020 protest response cost city of Portland over $2.8 million

The city has settled dozens of claims and lawsuits and more are pending So far, the city of Portland has paid over $2.8 million resolving police use of force lawsuits and claims stemming from the racial justice protests that roiled the city in 2020. The M ...

5 Apr 2023 - Piper McDaniel
Trauma’s Long Reach: The Homicide of Ervin Jones

The 1945 police killing of Ervin Jones left an impact on his family for generations. Now, his relatives hope to change the record surrounding his death. Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of racism and police violence. From the d ...

15 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
MCSO reviews challenge coin, refuses to release findings

Multnomah County Sheriff's Office did not confirm if the coin violated the office's policy or professional standards The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says the Professional Standards Unit was “not able to confirm” what an abbreviation on a s ...

18 May 2022 - K. Rambo
Mic Crenshaw finds peace pursuing creative work, but it’s not always easy

As an artist, father and activist Crenshaw maintains a balancing act Mic Crenshaw often fantasizes about how humans would be in a world where everyone’s biological needs were met and if they had the time to simply exist — not just working to survive. As a ...

23 Mar 2022 - Latisha Jensen
Long-term effects of Oregon’s early COVID-19 response

Community leaders and health officials point to distrust, an incompetent early pandemic response and the predictable results of longstanding systemic inequities Black and Indigenous Oregonians have been infected, hospitalized and killed by COVID-19 at rat ...

26 Jan 2022 - Henry Brannan
20 years without complexity: The legacy of 9/11 for American Muslims

What is it like to hold a crossroads within your body? For many American Muslims, our identities have become a crossroads between familiar and foreign. Between safety and danger. Between belonging and othering. In the years prior to 9/11, people were igno ...

13 Oct 2021 - Anjabeen Ashraf
Her grandmother brought Juneteenth to Oregon, and she’s determined to honor her legacy

76 years after Clara Peoples founded Oregon’s celebration marking slaves’ emancipation, Janelle Jack ensures the festivities continue This story was updated June 17 to add that a new law now makes Juneteenth a federal holiday. C lara Peoples was working ...

16 Jun 2021 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Block 14 at Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery will finally get its due

A long-sought memorial honoring hundreds of Chinese immigrants and people with mental illness whose graves were paved over is coming to fruition S ixteen years ago, officials discovered what some people had long suspected: a neglected corner of Southeast ...

26 May 2021 - Christen McCurdy
Opinion | Marginalization of AAPI communities is evident in America’s health care crisis

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon will continue to work together in solidarity across movements to fight for justice An Do serves as executive director for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon. T his month, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon c ...

26 May 2021 - An Do