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Details: Written by Kary Love, Michigan attorney; Published: 07 July 2023

Kary Love

A federal appeals court in Louisiana (5th Circuit) ruled that a cop can sue a protest organizer for injuries caused by another person during a demonstration, ratifying a novel legal theory that threatens to further suppress protests and First Amendment rights

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Details: Written by Rep. Janelle Bynum and Sen. Floyd Prozanski; Published: 18 May 2023

Sen. Floyd Prozanski and Rep. Janelle Bynum

We have a responsibility to ensure our state government is protecting the constitutional rights of all Oregonians, including people accused of a crime

Details: Written by Charlene Crowell; Published: 11 May 2023

Charlene Crowell

Cross-country redlining aided wealthy white communities while excluding Black areas

Details: Written by Tom H. Hastings; Published: 02 May 2023

Tom H. Hastings

America: where all attempts to curb access to guns are shot down. Should we raise a glass to that?

Details: Written by Lance Randall, Black Business Association of Oregon; Published: 26 April 2023

Lance Randall, Executive Director, Black Business Association of Oregon

Measure 26-238, a proposed local capital gains tax, is unfair and a burden on Black business owners in an already-challenging economic environment.

Details: Written by Sandy Chung, executive director of ACLU of Oregon and Nkenge Harmon Johnson, president and CEO of Urban League of Portland; Published: 28 March 2023

Sandy Chung, executive director of ACLU of Oregon and Nkenge Harmon Johnson, president and CEO of Urban League of Portland

Blocking people with felony convictions from voting started in the Jim Crow era as an intentional strategy to keep Black people from voting

Details: Written by Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper; Published: 20 March 2023

Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper

It was on March 17, 1827, at a meeting of “Freed Negroes” in New York City, that Samuel Cornish, a Presbyterian minister, and John Russwurn, the first Negro college graduate in the United States, established the negro newspaper.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 March 2023

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The state’s popular incentive for drivers to switch to electric vehicles is scheduled to pause in May

Details: Written by Charlene Crowell; Published: 16 March 2023

Charlene Crowell

Savings tied to median market home prices

about-police

Details: Written by Svante Myrick; Published: 08 March 2023

Svante Myrick

Blue cities in red states, beware: conservatives in state government may be coming for your police department.

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