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Mugshots and fingerprints of Billy Baggett Jr.

 

 

Special Report

The life and death of Billy Baggett

After spending most of his life in prison, Billy Baggett was released into a world he no longer understood, contending with a lifetime of trauma and coming to terms with his imminent death. Read online or download the PDF e-book.

 

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    Oregon State Capitol in the spring

    Latino farmworkers press Oregon Legislature for overtime pay, other protections

    Farmers who oppose these bills testify they have laborers’ best interests in mind, but the campesinos tell a different story
    By
    Tom Henderson
    May 5, 2021
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    The gold statue at the top of the Capitol

    Bills we’re tracking that affect Oregon’s migrant farmworkers

    The 2021 Legislature is discussing overtime pay, the state's sanctuary law, and other issues affecting the low-income Latino community
    May 5, 2021
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    Ron Wyden wears a mask with American flags, and Jo Ann Hardesty wears a Portland Street Response mask at the Lents fire station

    Wyden takes Oregon street response model nationwide

    Biden includes more than $1 billion over 10 years to fund non-police crisis response in his American Rescue Plan
    By
    Joanne Zuhl
    May 5, 2021
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    Fred Hampton

    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
    By
    Suzanne Hanney
    April 28, 2021
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    Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton in a scene from in “Judas and the Black Messiah"

    What ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ got right about Fred Hampton

    Activist Mary Scott-Boria shares her memories of Chicago’s Black Panther Party leader and the movement
    By
    Suzanne Hanney
    April 28, 2021
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    Illustration: The shape of Oregon, made up of dollar bills, with burn marks throughout it

    Even as Oregon uses Indigenous practices to fight wildfires, tribes are largely excluded from policymaking

    Native representation in decision-making processes is meager compared to business interests’
    By
    Brian Oaster
    April 21, 2021
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    Paulette Martin walks past a memorial with flowers and candles

    Kaia Sand | ‘Why are they shooting people?’

    DIRECTOR’S DESK | The police killing of Robert Delgado was among a national spate of such killings since the Chauvin trial began
    By
    Kaia Sand
    April 21, 2021
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    People march, holding signs that read: Justice 4 George Floyd. Stop police brutality.

    Lakayana Drury | ‘The problem is police agencies, not Black people’

    OPINION | Reflecting on the Derek Chauvin trial, the Word Is Bond executive director says that if things are going to change, white people and police need to do the work
    By
    Lakayana Drury
    April 20, 2021
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    The exterior of the Oregon State Hospital

    Having someone committed could become easier in Oregon

    But mental health advocates critical of legislation that would roll back restrictions say the system needs a holistic fix
    By
    Christen McCurdy
    April 14, 2021
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    Illustration of fists breaking free from handcuffs

    Opinion | Oregon legislation that will transform justice

    TRANSFORMING JUSTICE | Members of the coalition that created House Bill 2002 explain why the system must change
    By
    Shannon Wight
    April 13, 2021

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