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Report: Oregon Has Too Few Public Defenders
Oregon has only roughly one-third of the public defense attorneys it needs to provide reasonably effective assistance to low-income defendants
Blumenauer Boosts Efforts to Put Three Black History Landmarks on National List
Congressman makes case for Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Dean’s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop, and the Golden West Hotel’s importance to city history and heritage.
Lawsuit Says New Majority Latino District in WA a 'Facade'
A Latino civil rights organization and others filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that says new political maps in Washington state approved by a bipartisan redistricting panel intentionally dilute Hispanic voters' influence.
Washington Students' Test Scores Drop Significantly
Reports show that between 2019 and 2021, the overall percentage of students who met state standards on the math portion of the exam fell by 20 percentage points.
Final Week for 'Mending The Social Fabric' Interactive Exhibit
A parachute with rips and tears encourages community over the course of the exhibition as visitors sit and mend. The piece will be...
OHCS will again begin accepting new applications for OERAP starting on Wed., Jan. 26, 2022. ...
Five Schools Return to In-person Instruction on Jan. 24
Alliance, Faubion, Franklin, Ockley Green, and Roosevelt return to in-person instruction; George, Harriet Tubman and Kellogg...
Portland Winter Light Festival Begins in Two Weeks, Illuminating City for Seventh Time
Free, all-ages, outdoor activity returns with new opportunities for outdoor art experiences all across Portland ...
PassinArt Introduces ‘Play Reading Mondays’
The Spanish Jade and The Learning Curve, both directed by William Earl Ray premiere in February ...
Crisis standards activated for southern Idaho health systems
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health officials activated crisis standards of care for much of southern Idaho on Monday, citing major staffing and blood supply shortages. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare activated the crisis standards for the southwest, central and...
Graduation rates dip across US as pandemic stalls progress
High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic, suggesting the coronavirus may have ended nearly two decades of nationwide progress toward getting more students diplomas, an analysis shows. The drops came despite at...
UNLV promotes interim AD Harper to full-time job
LAS VEGAS (AP) — UNLV has promoted interim athletic director Erick Harper to serve in the job full time. Harper's hiring, announced on Monday, was effective Jan. 1. He had served as interim athletic director since Desiree Reed-Francois left UNLV for Missouri in August. ...
Army stuns Missouri in Armed Forces Bowl on last-second FG
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Cole Talley kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired and Army rallied to beat Missouri 24-22 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Wednesday night. After the Tigers took a 22-21 lead on a touchdown with 1:11 to play, third-string quarterback Jabari Laws led Army...
OP-ED: A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand
January 6th, Voting Rights and the Tyranny Threatening America ...
Support Nikole Hannah-Jones and The 1619 Project
This important and ambitious project pulled back the curtain of euphemistic rhetoric composing American historiography that points only to the good in our history and sweeps under the rug the evil deeds perpetrated against people of color ...
In 2021, Organized Labor is Again Flexing its Muscles
We have seen dramatic change in the makeup of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under President Biden. ...
Study Reveals Racial Pay Gap for Social Media Influencers
The racial pay gap has long presented issues for African Americans in Corporate America and other industries. It’s now filtered to social media. ...
Florida district cancels seminar over race theory concerns
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — School administrators in a central Florida county canceled a seminar for history teachers on the U.S. civil rights movement, in part, because it had not been screened to make sure it was free of critical race theory, which the college professor planning the presentation says...
EXPLAINER: Federal charges against 3 cops in Floyd killing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three former officers who were with Derek Chauvin during the arrest that led to George Floyd's killing are on trial on charges they violated the Black man’s civil rights. In opening statements Monday, a prosecutor accused J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao of standing by...
Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions, adding affirmative action to major cases on abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 already on the agenda. The court said it will take up lawsuits claiming...
Review: Allende's 'Violeta,' an epic South American tale
“Violeta,” by Isabel Allende. (Random House) Chilean writer Isabel Allende's latest novel is “Violeta,” an epic tale that transports readers across a century of South American history, through economic collapse, dictatorship and natural disasters like an earthquake and a...
'Last Cuentista,' 'Unspeakable' win children's book awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Donna Barba Higuera's “The Last Cuentista,” a post-apocalyptic tale of a young girl who must preserve the memory of Earth's history, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's best children's book. Another story of memory was awarded the Randolph Caldecott...
Review: Killer gives the Florida Keys condo lifestyle a try
“Mermaid Confidential” by Tim Dorsey (William Morrow) “Mermaid Confidential” is the 25th slapstick-noir novel in which Tim Dorsey chronicles the antics of obsessive-compulsive serial killer Serge Storms and his drugged-out sidekick, Coleman, as they devise fiendishly inventive...
China tests 2M in Beijing, lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an
BEIJING (AP) — Less than two weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics, a few dozen COVID-19 cases in...
Assange wins first stage in effort to appeal US extradition
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won the first stage of his effort to overturn a U.K....
Pandemic-era design solution from the past: The Murphy bed
When the vast majority of your life is happening within the four walls of your home, every square foot counts. So...
Dior celebrates couture craft, as maskless Delevingne irks
PARIS (AP) — The atelier — the workshop of hands — took the Dior center stage on Monday for a refined show...
Snow blankets Athens, Greek islands and Turkey's Istanbul
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A severe snowstorm disrupted road and air traffic Monday in the Greek capital of Athens...
Police say Albanian, 17, kills neighbor in family blood feud
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian teenager on Monday killed his 65-year old neighbor to revenge the shooting...
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