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Portland hip hop artist Bocha performs on June 7 at Irving Park in Northeast Portland after a march led by Rose City Justice.

The soundtrack to a revolution: Hip-hop plays an important role in Portland protests

Local artists and music curators discuss the beats Portland’s Black Lives Matter movement is marching to
By
Donovan M. Smith
August 4, 2020
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Portland police clash with protesters. One officer clubs a protester with a baton.

Portland police are no better than the feds, activists say

Some observers are concerned that the national conversation about federal overreach in Portland has overshadowed the Portland Police Bureau’s brutality against protesters
By
Henry Brannan
August 1, 2020
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Vietnamese men in uniform

Collection of short fiction relives memories of Vietnam and its American war

Author Paul K. Haeder discusses his new book, ‘Wide Open Eyes,’ which launches Friday night
By
Emily Green
July 31, 2020
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Whole Foods Market exterior

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
By
Jessica Pollard
July 30, 2020
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Feds sprayed chemicals into the eyes of a retired ER nurse and veteran

An interview with Mike Hastie, a member of Veterans for Peace who federal officers assaulted with pepper spray at close range Saturday night, unprovoked
By
Paul K. Haeder
July 27, 2020
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Two boys play basketball while the rest of the family watches

Many Oregon families shift from public school to homeschool during pandemic

Parents concerned about safety and academic uncertainty are exploring a range of options for the fall
By
Hanna Merzbach
July 26, 2020
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Rico leans against a wall in Portland, holding a cellphone

Pain, arrests and trauma: 4 injured protesters share their stories

These Portland activists have been harmed by police, but that isn’t stopping them from fighting for racial equality
By
Celeste Noche
July 25, 2020
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Houseless to face imminent heat wave with fewer resources

Blanchet House in Old Town needs donations of water bottles to distribute to people experiencing homelessness as temperatures near 100 degrees over the next two days
By
Jessica Pollard
July 25, 2020
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A message is projected onto a window, reading "Fed Goons Out of PDX"

Portland protesters say their city is calm — until the feds sow chaos

A small patch of Portland looks like a war zone, but it’s the federal agents who are aggressive, an activist says
By
Tom Henderson
July 24, 2020
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Houseless plaintiffs win in lawsuit against Grants Pass

In a town where no year-round emergency shelter is provided, people forced to sleep outside will have relief from punitive measures
By
Emily Green
July 23, 2020

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