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“Learning Differently from the Way Our Schooling is Handed to Us”
HELP program celebrates 37th year of teaching students, professionals better ways to process information.
Science journal Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp provided an unvarnished view of the challenges facing higher education and the scientific community, especially in light of the pandemic
School Vaccine Campaigns Targeting Students Face Blowback
In a total of eight states, Oregon included, providers can waive parental consent requirements
Seattle Council Shifts Money Saved By Officer Departures
More officers are leaving this year than City Hall budgeted for, yielding an estimated million in salary savings
Rabid Bat Found in Northeast Portland; First in 7 Years
Make sure pets are up-to-date on their rabies vaccine, and never handle bats or other wildlife without protection ...
National Black Law Enforcement Leader Announces Campaign for Multnomah County Sheriff
With a thirty-four year career in corrections Captain Derrick Peterson announces his campaign for Multnomah County Sheriff ...
University Of Portland Ranked 3rd in Western Region on 2022 U.S. News & World Report
In-person fall semester classes proceeding with vaccination rates above 96% among faculty, staff, and students; and adherence to...
The grant will support Black Parent Initiative and Joy DeGruy Publications work to advance Racial Justice Field Support, with a Focus...
Oregon Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.9%
This is only the third time in the past 45 years that the rate has dropped below 5% ...
Union, Mondelez reach tentative agreement amid strike
HENRICO, Va. (AP) — A tentative contract agreement reached between snack company Mondelez and striking union workers could end a walkout that began last month. The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union and Mondelez issued separate...
Body composting a 'green' alternative to burial, cremation
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (AP) — In a suburban Denver warehouse tucked between an auto repair shop and a computer recycling business, Seth Viddal is dealing with life and death. He and one of his employees have built a “vessel” they hope will usher in a more environmentally...
Kentucky looks to maintain momentum against FCS Chattanooga
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Mark Stoops quickly dismisses any notion of FCS Chattanooga being a “breather” game for Kentucky. Not with the Wildcats (2-0) facing another Southeastern Conference challenge looming next week at South Carolina. And certainly not with Kentucky hungry...
After tough L, Mizzou turns focus to SEMO, continued growth
Missouri already has a couple high-profile wins under Eli Drinkwitz in just over one pandemic-shortened season, and the Tigers have been hauling in four- and five-star recruits like never before. Yet their narrow loss at Kentucky last weekend was a reminder: The Tigers are still...
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 ...
Grassroots Organizers Should Be Celebrated in Georgia’s 95% Voter Registration Rate
The recent release of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s biennial report brought welcome news that 95% of Georgia’s voting-eligible population is currently registered to vote. ...
Lawsuit seeks jumiM after Michigan teacher cuts girl's hair
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — The father of a 7-year-old Michigan girl whose hair was cut by a teacher without her parents’ permission has filed a jumi million lawsuit against the school district, a librarian and a teacher's assistant. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal...
Chauvin pleads not guilty to violating teen's civil rights
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd pleaded not guilty Thursday to violating the civil rights of a teenager in a separate case that involved a restraint similar to the one used on Floyd. ...
Boston getting mayor of color as Wu, Essaibi George advance
BOSTON (AP) — For the first time in 200 years, Boston voters have narrowed the field of mayoral candidates to two women of color who will face off against each other in November. City Councilors Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George topped the five-person race in Tuesday’s...
Jessica Chastain redeems a televangelist in 'Tammy Faye'
NEW YORK (AP) — In the nearly 10 years it took for Jessica Chastain to get made a film about the Christian televangelist Tammy Faye Messner, she studied many of the kinds of things you'd expect — the hours of television footage, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s 2000 documentary. But one of...
Prosecutors play R. Kelly tapes as goverment case winds down
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors, nearing the end of their case at the sex trafficking trial of R. Kelly, played recordings for a New York City jury Wednesday they say back up allegations the R&B singer abused women and girls. In court papers, prosecutors...
First, she was a survivor: #MeToo's Burke tells her story
“Maybe it won’t catch on.” That’s what Tarana Burke was thinking — indeed, hoping — when she first found out the phrase “MeToo” was suddenly circulating online in October 2017, in the wake of shocking revelations about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. ...
Polis, 1st openly gay governor elected, marries in Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado's Jared Polis, who became the first openly gay man in the United States to be...
France calls killing of Islamic State leader big victory
PARIS (AP) — The leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara died of wounds from a drone strike that hit...
Idaho rations health care statewide amid massive COVID surge
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders on Thursday expanded health care rationing statewide amid a...
Cuba opens door to more private business, but red tape looms
HAVANA (AP) — Opening a small business is a bureaucratic headache in many parts of the world. In Cuba, it's an...
Albania claims global leadership for women in government
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s parliament was to vote late Thursday to approve the new, female-dominated...
Putin: Dozens in inner circle infected with coronavirus
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says dozens of his staff have been infected with the coronavirus...
