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‘Wake of Vanport’ to Be Screened August 28
Register for this free event to be held at Open Signal in Northeast Portland
Heat Returns to Pacific Northwest Wednesday, Thursday
Multnomah County, which includes Portland, will offer people places to stay cool Wednesday as temperatures potentially reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit
Basic Guaranteed Income Program to Launch for Black Portlanders
Brown Hope’s Black Resilience Fund argues the impact of direct cash payments.
Oregon Justice Fires Panel Due to Lack of Public Defenders
Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation due to a shortage of public defenders filed a lawsuit in May that alleges the state is violating their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial.
Measure on Portland Government to Appear as-Is on Ballot
Politicians, business leaders and civic activists have called for reshaping Portland’s form of government, which they say...
The Regional Arts & Culture Council Rolls Out New Grant Program
The Arts3C grant program is designed to be fully responsive to what artists and art makers in the community need funding to support ...
OHA Introduces New Monkeypox (hMPXV) Website
As of Aug. 10, 95 people have tested positive for monkeypox in Oregon ...
“There are decades of research showing inaccurate results when pulse oximeters are used to monitor people of color” ...
Inslee Issues Directive Outlining Monkeypox Virus Response
As of Friday, Washington state had confirmed 265 monkeypox cases. ...
Seattle CEO who cut his pay so workers earned K resigns
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle CEO who announced in 2015 that he was giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his employees has announced his resignation. Dan Price, the embattled CEO of credit card processing company Gravity Payments, resigned Wednesday,...
Biggest US holding pen planned for wild horses faces suit
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Advocates for wild horses are accusing federal land managers of illegally approving plans for the largest U.S. holding facility for thousands of mustangs captured on public rangeland in 10 Western states. Friends of Animals said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday up to...
Mizzou full of optimism with new QB, defensive coordinator
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz is on his third defensive coordinator in three years at Missouri, and the Tigers are about to start their fifth different quarterback in the season opener in the last five years. Sounds like a program that should be on shaky ground. ...
Hoosiers looking for a turnaround after dismal 2021 season
Indiana linebacker Cam Jones and quarterback Jack Tuttle took matters into their own hands this offseason. They called their teammates together to discuss the goals and aspirations of the program, the need to always play with an edge and to break down precisely why things went wrong...
No One Ever Told You About Black August?
Black America lives in a series of deserts. Many of us live in food deserts, financial deserts, employment deserts, and most of us live in information deserts. ...
Betsy Johnson Fails to Condemn Confederate Flags at Her Rally
The majority of Oregonians, including our rural communities, value inclusion and unity, not racism and bigotry. ...
Monkeypox, Covid, and Your Vote
We must start a voter registration drive right here where we live. This effort must become as important to us as putting food on the table and a roof over our heads. ...
To many Americans, “reparations” is a dirty word when applied to Black folks. ...
UN investigator: Contemporary slavery extensive around globe
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. investigator says contemporary forms of slavery are widely practiced around the world, including forced labor for China’s Uyghur minority, bonded labor for the lowest caste Dalits in South Asia, and domestic servitude in Gulf countries, Brazil and Colombia. ...
Wisconsin school board votes in favor of pride flag ban
WALES, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school board voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other items that district officials consider political in nature. The Kettle Moraine School Board voted Tuesday to keep a code of conduct in...
Concerns over segregation display led to post office closure
MONTPELIER STATION, VA (AP) — The United States Postal Service has closed a small Virginia post office over agency management's concerns about its location inside a historic train depot that also serves as a museum about racial segregation. In a statement this week addressing the...
Rapper A$AP Rocky charged with felony assault with a firearm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with two felonies Monday for pulling a gun on a former friend and firing in Hollywood last year, prosecutors said. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charged the 33-year-old New York native, whose legal name is Rakim...
Review: ‘Slenderman’ chronicles a harrowing childhood crime
“Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls,” by Kathleen Hale (Grove Press) The seemingly senseless stabbing of a young girl by two of her school friends in the Waukesha, Wisconsin, woods in 2014 made international headlines when...
Former Israeli PM Netanyahu has memoir coming in November
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a memoir coming out this fall. “Bibi: My Story” will be published Nov. 22, three weeks after parliamentary elections are to be held in Israel. “Born a year after the founding of the Jewish state, I have...
US congressional delegation in Kenya amid election crisis
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.S. congressional delegation has arrived in Kenya to meet with the new president-elect...
16 dead, 18 missing in flash flood in western China
BEIJING (AP) — A sudden rainstorm in western China triggered a landslide that diverted a river and caused flash...
Indian woman condemns release of her convicted rapists
NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim woman who was gang raped while pregnant during India's devastating 2002 religious...
Unification Church followers decry 'biased' Japanese media
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of Unification Church followers rallied in South Korea on Thursday...
Climate Migration: Flooding forces Bangladesh family to flee
BHOLA, Bangladesh (AP) — When the Mehgna River swallowed Mohammad Jewel and Arzu Begum's tin-roofed family home...
Sudan: Seasonal floods kill 77 people, destroy 14,500 homes
CAIRO (AP) — More than 70 people have been killed and 14,500 homes destroyed by Sudan's seasonal downpours and...
