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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.
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 ...
Revamped TriMet Website Makes Planning Trips Easier With Map-Based Tools
Riders can now track real-time locations of buses and trains on their smartphone ...
PHOTOS: Founder of The American History Traveling Museum: The Unspoken Truths Honored
Delbert Richardson's Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha XI Chapter fraternity brothers presented him a plaque that reads “Your commitment to...
St. Andrew Parish Announces 2022 Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards
Tony Jones was honored with the 2022 Parish Service Award, and the award for Community Service went to Terrance Moses ...
Report: Oregon has too few public defenders
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has only roughly one-third of the public defense attorneys it needs to provide reasonably effective assistance to low-income defendants, a committee of the American Bar Association and a major accounting firm said in a report released Friday. “We all need...
Man killed, 2 officers hurt, in domestic violence arrest
LACEY, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a domestic violence incident turned into a deadly shooting between two officers and the man they were trying to arrest. KING5 reports police in Lacey, Washington, showed up to a home about 8:30 p.m. Thursday after a woman called saying she had...
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. ...
Lawmaker who made anti-Asian slur is resigning, cites health
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware lawmaker who came under fire last year for using a racist and sexist slur to refer to sex workers is resigning, House Democratic officials said Friday. Rep. Gerald Brady’s resignation will be effective Feb. 4, according to a press release from the...
Woman in botched police raid: Money won't 'right this wrong'
CHICAGO (AP) — A Black woman who settled with the city of Chicago for nearly million after she was handcuffed while naked by police officers during a botched raid of her home says “there’s no amount of money that will right this wrong” and that changes are needed to the Chicago Police...
Progressives eye Texas race as test for toppling incumbents
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Henry Cuellar is an increasingly rare politician in the Democratic Party, a conservative-leaning lawmaker whose unapologetic defense of gun rights and the energy industry during his 17 years in Congress long delighted his Texas constituents. That was once a...
Q&A: Aguilera picks up Spanish full force with "LA FUERZA"
NEW YORK (AP) — Christina Aguilera doesn't pick up exactly where she left 22 years ago with her Latin Grammy winning Spanish album “Mi Reflejo.” The superstar singer comes full force as a “grown woman and a mother” to showcase her Latino roots in the EP “LA FUERZA”, out Friday. And...
John Mellencamp plumbs mortality and regret in his new album
NEW YORK (AP) — There's a brutal calculus that goes on in John Mellencamp's mind these days. Time is not on his side, and he knows it. “I am 70. I’ve been smoking since I was 14. If I make it to 80, I only have 10 summers left,” he says. “I have 10 empty pages to fill in if...
Eva Longoria Bastón's doc looks at Chávez, De La Hoya fight
Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya wanted to make a documentary about his 1996 fight against Julio César Chávez. It was coming up on 25 years since the “Ultimate Glory” showdown and he figured the time was right to look back. So he asked Eva Longoria Bastón, his friend of 20 years, if she’d be...
Diplomat says Tongan survival story fits with events
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The incredible story of a retired carpenter who survived overnight in the ocean...
Climate, COVID, China: Takeaways from online Davos event
GENEVA (AP) — Government and business leaders have urged cooperation on the world's biggest issues — climate...
Yemeni rebels say Saudi-led airstrike on prison killed 70
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday, killing...
Poland's ex-president Solidarity leader Walesa has COVID
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s former president and former Solidarity pro-democracy movement leader, Lech...
Envoy: US will sanction those who undermine peace in Bosnia
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The United States remains committed to Bosnia and will continue to impose...
Norway killer Breivik tests limits of lenient justice system
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Convicted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik spends his days in a spacious three-room...
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