Jackson was joined by Washington State Governor Jay Inslee at the Washington STEM third Annual STEM Summit at Microsoft's Redmond campus… For all the information click here
A head-turningly beautiful former fashion model with a love for kids and an eye to her own troubled upbringing, Patricia Feathers has built a program combining everything from courtesy at the table to balancing a checkbook and how to sail through a job interview.… To read the whole story click here
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic, and institution builder, Professor Gates has authored 17 books and created 14 documentary films, including Finding Your Roots, season two, now airing on PBS.… To read the interview click here
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Representatives for Washington-state’s healthcare exchange are rushing to re-enroll people before Dec. 23 … For all the information click here
Potential cost hikes for child care providers could potentially cause them to raise their rates, or even stop providing care altogether further reducing affordability and access … To read the whole story click here
‘The Wake of Vanport’ Screens again Dec. 14, 2 p.m. at the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SE Park Ave. See here the Portland photographer Intisar Abioto’s images of the standing-room-only film premiere.… To read all about it click here
An Oregon State Police detective who investigated a killing spree involving a pair of white supremacists was sentenced Friday to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to forgery and official misconduct… To check the details click here
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The 29th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast will be held on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, from 8:30 am —10:30 a.m. at the Oregon Convention Center ... Buy your tickets now
Screening for high-risk patients has doubled the number of patients whose cancer was caught at stage one … To read the whole story click here
‘It’s important to see him in his full complexity, and be honest about the fact that we help to kill King because we abandoned him. And once we abandoned him, we isolated him, which made it easy for someone to assassinate him. It was a three-step process’ … To read the interview click here
As the holiday season is upon us, parents rush to find the perfect gift for their children. Amid the overflowing shelves lie dangerous toys that expose children to metal poisoning, hearing loss and possible death from choking … To check the details click here
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The 29th Breakfast celebrating the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. will have as keynote speaker the Rev. Benjamin Chavis, former assistant to Dr. King... Buy your tickets now
‘How can you give someone the vaccine, if they won’t come forward to even get tested?’… To read more click here
Adults who themselves were pushed out of school only to land in the criminal justice system are now being pushed out of support roles… To read the story click here
In related news, Rev. Jesse Jackson called for peace and perseverance on Sunday as he urged congregants to keep fighting for racial justice… To find out more click here
A few members of the St. Louis Rams football team showed their support for protesters who have been rallying in the streets… To read more click here
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Slated for launch in December, it will provide drivers with information about their rights, tips for parents to teach their children about driving and simulations that run through police traffic stop scenarios… For all the information click here
Criminal justice advocates worry about the impact that private prison corporations will have on rehabilitative efforts as for-profit companies evolve to take advantage of new sentencing reforms and potential markets created by those changes… To read the whole story click here
Bureau of Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian says this is the first year that there’s been substantial evidence of a pervasive hostile work environment at the trucking giant… To read all about it click here
NPMTC plans to continue the Vanport Multimedia Project into 2015… To check the details click here
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NPMTC’s collection of Vanport oral history multimedia productions screened on Saturday, Nov. 15 to a packed hall at the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church in North Portland… For all the information click here
That’s right, in a year featuring a record number of African Americans running for Congress and statewide, not a dime was spent on a Black candidate for Congress until the 11th hour… To read the whole story click here
The show will be at the Keller auditorium from Nov. 25 -30 and heads to Washington State next year where it will play in Kennewick, Spokane, Yakima, Seattle and Bellingham… To read the interview click here
With the help of a dizzying mix of evocative essays, anecdotes, quotes, quips and eye-catching cartoons and photographs, Chang amply illustrates what he refers to as America’s post-racial paradox… To find out more click here
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President Obama needs to push forward with his executive order on immigration. With a stroke of his pen he can accomplish what Congress will never do … To find out more click here
Baby Kimball Doe died after being left in this wooded spot just a half mile from a hospital -- now a task force is looking for ways to educate more people about how they can safely surrender a newborn…For all the information click here
The unveiling this month of a new exhibit detailing the history of the Oregon State Bar shows that the association -- over a century old -- is more diverse than it has ever been… To read the whole story click here
For over 12 years, the Sugar Shack strip club has operated directly across from two community centers, children’s bus stops, pediatric health clinics, and hundreds of units of affordable housing…For all the story click here
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Nov. 15, marks year two of the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment season ensuring every U.S. citizen has healthcare coverage… For all the information click here
Portland's Groovin' High Steppers hold a weekend-long benefit for the family support program… To read the whole story click here
UW Bothell physicist and first chancellor Warren Buck is one of a select group of African Americans who have made substantive contributions in their fields… To read all about it click here
The Skanner News interviews Morgan about his life, career, and plans for the future… To check the details click here
“Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Exhibition,” commemorates the 40th anniversaries of 1970's Saturday morning cartoons that featured positive Black characters for the first time in television history… To read more click here
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‘Our leaders hold that they take us into war with veterans in mind. I have to trust that it’s true. But I ask that they demand that as we pay for war, we plan and pay for the outcomes we know will follow’… For all the information click here
Day-use fees at most U.S. Forest Service recreation sites in Oregon and Washington will be waived on Veterans Day Weekend, Nov. 8-11, 2014 to celebrate Veterans Day… To read the whole story click here
With the walloping Republicans gave Democrats in the midterm elections, the GOP stands one Louisiana Senate runoff away from completely controlling Southern politics from the Carolinas to Texas … To read all about it click here
De La Salle North Catholic alumnus Kalauna Carter this year was named an HBCU All-Star by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities… To check the details click here
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While SB 111 mandated local law enforcement jurisdictions send their data on use of force incidents to the Oregon Department of Justice, all the data has been instead forwarded to the Department of Human Resources and combined into the state’s Violent Death Reporting System – defeating the purpose of public scrutiny on trends in police use of force against citizens… For all the information click here
This letter to Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum by Portland Copwatch includes statistics that many people thought the Oregon Department of Justice was compiling – but they are not … To read the whole story click here
Oregon is one of just six states that automatically places child sex offenders on the adult registry for life unless they can get a judge to remove their names… To read all about it click here
Washington State voters passed Initiative 594, which mandates universal background checks for gun buyers, by a large margin Tuesday… To check the details click here
Voters also rejected drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants and failed to pass a measure that would have helped students pay for higher education… To read more click here
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