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Oregon School Board Ban on Anti-Racist, LGBT Signs Draws Ire
An Oregon school board has banned educators from displaying Black Lives Matter and gay pride symbols, prompting a torrent of recriminations and threats to boycott the town and its businesses.
New, Long-Term Black Lives Matter Public Art Piece Installed at Seattle City Hall
Mayor Jenny A. Durkan and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture today announced that a new, long-term Black Lives Matter public art piece has been installed at Seattle City Hall.
Black Man Fatally Shot Outside Bend Nightclub, Man Arrested
A Black man was shot and killed outside a bar by a white man in central Oregon
Cascadia Names New Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Bukhosi Dube will lead innovative “integrative health” model
5th Annual Yard Tree Giveaway Events to Begin
Free trees for all Portlanders continue Portland Parks & Recreation’s Urban Forestry division’s mission to grow, preserve, and...
Today’s vote to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act comes three weeks after Texas’s radical 6-week abortion ban went into...
Oregon Announces Stabilization Grant Opportunity to Assist Child Care Providers
Oregon received approximately 4 million in grant funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to be paid directly to eligible...
TriMet Plans Weekend Construction Along MAX Red Line to Help Keep Trains Running Efficiently
Shuttle buses will replace MAX Sept. 25-26 between Gateway Transit Center and Portland International Airport ...
Larsen Chairs Hearing on Surge in Air Rage Incidents, Effects on Workers, Airlines, Airports
The hearing was an opportunity for the subcommittee to examine the alarming increase in disruptive and unruly airline passengers, the...
Tribe wins major step toward resuming whaling off Washington
SEATTLE (AP) — An administrative law judge has recommended that a Native American tribe in Washington state once again be allowed to hunt gray whales — a major step in its decades-long effort to resume the ancient practice. “This is a testament to what we've been saying...
Civil rights complaint targets Idaho health care rationing
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An advocacy group for older adults has filed a civil rights complaint against Idaho over the state's “crisis standards of care” guidelines for hospitals that are overwhelmed by patients amid the coronavirus pandemic. The group Justice in Aging asked the...
Boston College hosts Missouri in juicy ACC-SEC matchup
BOSTON (AP) — ACC vs. SEC. It’s a juicy interconference matchup when Boston College (3-0) hosts Missouri (2-1) on Saturday at Alumni Stadium. BC, a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, will be hosting the first Southeastern Conference school since...
College Football Picks: Neutral sites for 2 ranked matchups
Last week, college football gave fans one of its tastiest, and unfortunately rare, treats when Auburn visited Penn State. Good teams. Great setting. Entertaining game. What college football is all about. This week, not so much. The...
Homelessness, Houselessness in the Richest Country in the World: An Uncommon Logic
When and why did the United States of America chose the wealth of a few over the health, wealth, and well-being of so many ...
American Business Leaders Step Up to Fight Inequities in the South
With COVID-19 still an omnipresent concern and the country’s recovery still very much in jeopardy, individuals, families, and communities are struggling to deal with issues that have only been exacerbated by the pandemic. ...
Waters Statement on 20th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks
Twenty years ago today, our nation suffered devastating terrorist attacks on our soil and against our people that wholly and completely changed the world as we knew it. ...
Letter to the Editor: Reform the Recall
Any completely unqualified attention seeker with ,000 for the candidate‘s filing fee can be the largest state in the Union’s next governor ...
California to replace the word 'alien' from its laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will strike the word “alien” from its state laws, getting rid of what Gov. Gavin Newsom called “an offensive term for a human being” that has “fueled a divisive and hurtful narrative.” Newsom on Friday signed a law that removes...
US Rep. Karen Bass planning to run for Los Angeles mayor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, a prominent figure in national Democratic politics who was on President Joe Biden's short list when he was considering a vice presidential pick, is planning to run for Los Angeles mayor, a person familiar with her plans said Friday. ...
Haitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment
The images — men on horseback with long reins, corralling Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico — provoked an outcry. But to many Haitians and Black Americans, they're merely confirmation of a deeply held belief: U.S. immigration policies, they...
X Ambassadors push boundaries with new multimedia project
NEW YORK (AP) — To say the third, full-length album from X Ambassadors has a lot going on would be a little bit of an understatement. It’s a concept album about a fledgling superhero but also a trip into Jungian psychology and a valentine to old-fashioned radio dramas. It...
Former ABC News executive says Chris Cuomo harassed her
NEW YORK (AP) — A television executive who accused Chris Cuomo of groping her at a party 16 years ago says the CNN anchor needs a public education about sexual harassment and if he did that, “he'd be a hero instead of a cad.” The executive, Shelley Ross, said Friday she's...
Harris 'View' interview delayed, hosts positive for COVID-19
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris' live interview on “The View” was abruptly delayed Friday after two hosts of the talk show learned they had tested positive for COVID-19 moments before Harris was to join them on the set. Cohost Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are...
Harry and Meghan visit with students at a Harlem school
NEW YORK (AP) — Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, offered lots of hugs to kids at a Harlem...
Back in Haiti, expelled migrant family plans to flee again
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — You’re lucky, the U.S. officials said. “You’re going to see your family.” ...
Women's voices at UN General Assembly few, but growing
NEW YORK (AP) — With cascading crises casting a pall over the proceedings at this year's United Nations General...
The AP Interview: Hungary committed to contentious LGBT law
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The right-wing populist government in Hungary is attracting conservative thinkers from the...
GLIMPSES: Phone in hand, Barbados PM dials into issues at UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley certainly didn’t phone in her speech at the...
