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  1. Opinion | Black Lives Matter protests have saved lives, study finds

    STREET SMART ECONOMICS | This research legitimizes efforts in Portland and beyond to defund the police C onsiderable research shows that oppressive economic and social conditions are bad for one’s mental and physical health. A number of studies have also ...

    26 May 2021 - Martin Hart-Lan...

  2. Coping with the moment: Insights into resilience on the frontlines of 2020

    A therapist, medical doctors, journalists and a firefighter are in the thick of today's crises A month of utter destruction caused by devastating wildfires. Four months of nightly standoffs with protesters standing up for Black lives and against poli ...

    7 Oct 2020 - Jessica Pollard

  3. Opinion | Keeping people in their place: The economics of racial violence

    STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Shifts in policy appear more possible now than they have in decades Millions of people in the streets calling for an end to police violence against Black people have given a push to policy changes that have been stalled for decade ...

    30 Sep 2020 - Mary King

  4. As law enforcement scours social media, protesters are catching on

    Portland is center stage in a federal crackdown on protests that relies largely on social media surveillance — but activists are adapting With Portland at the center of the Trump administration’s push to quash protests and paint protesters as “violent ana ...

    23 Sep 2020 - Henry Brannan and Joe Opaleski

  5. Opinion | I am a mother and a teacher. Tear gas and bulletproof vests are not my normal.

    I’ve been to scores of protests. I've experienced violence by police. And I’m terrified. The mayor and police chief aren’t hearing Portland's BIPOC voices. G eorge Floyd’s tragic and unnecessary death hit me in the heart and the gut. While I was ...

    2 Sep 2020 - Marcelle Donehower

  6. Right-wing extremists have adopted the American flag. These BLM protesters want it back.

    To some of the people marching in support of Black lives, the same flag represents very different values A   special agent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation couldn’t have profiled Xander Almeida anymore inaccurately. In a backyard in Northeast Port ...

    2 Sep 2020 - Ellena Rosenthal

  7. Editorial | Portland needs clear leadership on police reform

    The mayor's response to the protests is underwhelming. It's time for city leaders to unite for meaningful change. There is intense national focus on the nightly unrest in Portland. The protests are often framed as violent, and this weekend, our ...

    2 Sep 2020 - SR editorial board

  8. Agents of change: Four Portland attorneys driving reform

    Beneath the waves of protests, these lawyers are challenging police and policy F rom the periphery of what is approaching 100 days of protests in Portland, a group of local attorneys keeps a watchful eye. And they have good reason. Since the police killin ...

    26 Aug 2020 - Jessica Pollard

  9. Passerby attacked by police during protest is suing Portland

    Adam Allen was walking home from a bar when police knocked him down in North Portland, says tort claim Adam Allen had just moved back to Portland after spending five years on the East Coast when he decided to meet an old friend for a drink on Aug. 9. He h ...

    19 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy

  10. Two months in, Chief Lovell stresses community policing as he grapples with protests, police accountability

    Street Roots asked the new head of Portland Police Bureau about police oversight, protest response, gun violence and more Portland’s new chief of police has had no shortage of media attention. Following the police killing of George Floyd, protests calling ...

    15 Aug 2020 - Street Roots Staff

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