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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Behind the death of ‘Black Messiah’ Fred Hampton

    Recently unearthed documents, an Oscar-winning film and today’s racial justice movement bring new significance to the Chicago Black Panther Party chairman’s 1969 assassination The recent discovery of memos related to the 1969 assassination of Black Panthe ...

    28 Apr 2021 - Suzanne Hanney

  6. APANO aims to support Portlanders targeted by anti-Asian violence, vandalism, discrimination

    The social justice organization has been working to assist API-owned businesses in Portland’s Jade District that have reported incidents of vandalism T he wave of aggression against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, accelerated by the pande ...

    7 Apr 2021 - Karina Dwijayanti

  7. Congress is talking about reparations — and this time, it looks promising

    Ron Daniels, a leader of the effort, talks to Street Roots about what’s at stake for African Americans and the nation Last month, a subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing to discuss House Resolution 40, a bill that would allow fo ...

    24 Mar 2021 - Joe Opaleski

  8. Opinion | How Black cartographers put racism on the map of America

    The Black Panthers and other counter-mappers used maps to reimagine cities for communities of color How can maps fight racism and inequality? The work of the  Black Panther Party, a 1960s- and 1970s-era Black political group featured in a  new movie  and ...

    3 Mar 2021 - Derek H. Alderman and Joshua F.J. Inwood

  9. Opinion | How we know that racism ages Black Americans faster

    A 25-year study found that being subjected to racism has a direct impact on health and life expectancy, indicating that discrimination is both a health and social problem I’m part of a research team that has been following more than 800 Black American fam ...

    14 Dec 2020 - Sierra Carter

  10. Opinion | Community land trusts could help heal segregated cities

    To heal, American cities can start with an area that was key to past discrimination: how land is used American cities represent part of the nation’s long and grim history of discrimination and oppression against Black people. They can also be part of the ...

    7 Oct 2020 - Mark Roseland and Christopher Boone

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