Wanted: The Healthiest 90-year-old in Greater Portland ..... Oregon's 30-Cent Minimum Wage Hike Will Help Workers and Economy  .... Sellwood Bridge Project to Set 20 Percent Minority Goal .....  OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening Sept. 16  

REAL Prep Charter Academy Falls Apart Leaving Students and Parents Stunned ..... Portlander Phil Walden, 1927-2011: Coach, Father Figure, Mentor .... First 'Seattle Stand Down' Offers Services to Homeless War Veterans .... 'In the Black:' Want Jobs? Have Faith! by columnist Louis Taylor

Thousands of miles from Ground Zero – and farther still from the battlefronts in Iraq and Afghanistan – more than a dozen Muslims from Oregon, Washington and Idaho have been prosecuted for crimes linked to alleged terrorist acts .... Working to document the day-to-day harassment and violence experienced by Americans of South Asian, Muslim and Sikh heritage ...... Ten years have passed since you and me watched that sleek United airliner slip smooth as an Olympic diver into the face of the World Trade Center ... Six teens were shot and wounded on the porch of a house near the intersection of N. Albina and N. Jessup late Friday ...

Dyan Watson is an assistant professor at Lewis and Clark School of Education and counseling, Her research specialty is how teachers talk – or avoid talking about— race ....
A teenager hospitalized in the Oregon Health and Sciences University cardiac intensive care unit last year while suffering a mental health crisis in Multnomah County Sheriffs custody, has suffered another breakdown during plea bargaining on Measure 11 charges against him …
Aldis Hodge plays computer hacker Alec Hardison on TNT's Leverage. Shot in Portland, Ore., the show follows a group of lawbreakers turned good guys, led by a former insurance investigator played by Timothy Hutton. Hodge talked about Leverage, Portland and his ambitions

Celebrate the Life, the Dream, the Legacy. The Dedication Ceremony of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. will be held on Sunday, August 28, 11 a.m,, the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington, capping off five days of exciting events leading up to this historic moment. Our advertisers General Motors and Toyota are both proud sponsors of the Washington DC Memorial,

• Fresh from her featured profile in the New York Times Style Magazine this weekend, Esperanza Spalding headlines a fundraiser Tuesday night in Portland benefitting Thara Memory's American Music Program Pacific Crest Jazz Orchestra for youth
• About 50 Boise and Eliot neighbors gathered at Self Enhancement Inc., Aug. 11, to discuss what could be done to improve safety in the neighborhood
• If one were to look up "tenacity" in a dictionary, one might well simply search for logo of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, or a photograph of the MLK Memorial Foundation's Executive Director Harry Johnson, Sr

African American news, Portland, Oregon, Clark County, Seattle, Vancouver, Washington Pacific Northwest,

• Portland Gentrification: The North Williams Avenue That Was – 1956
• Swimming: Cullen Jones Says Youth of All Colors Must Learn Water Safety
• Movie Review: The Help

A weeks-long dust up over the process of deciding the future of traffic on North Williams Avenue has brought a widened citizens' advisory committee and a public forum on the issue. The North Williams Traffic Operations and Safety Project Stakeholder Advisory Committee last month became a lightning rod for debate over bicycling safety and gentrification …   

A celebration of life is planned Saturday, July 30 for Yashanee Vaughn. Just 14 years old when her life was stolen away, those who knew her say the pretty Helensview High School student had a big smile and a heart to match. Family, friends and supporters of the family, will gather to remember Yashanee at 1p.m. at City Bible Church,  Rocky Butte Campus, 9200 N.E. FremontSt. A reception will follow. Yashanee's mother said instead of dark colors and hopelessness, she wants to see bright colors and smiles, as people remember her lovely girl