• about-Multnomah-County
• about-gun-violence
• about-domestic-violence

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Written by Advocates with Multnomah County's Victim and Survivor Services Unit

Published: 29 July 2021

Multnomah County Building 

The number of incidents of community violence — domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, person-to-person violence and gun violence — is devastating

• about-institutional-racism
• Racial-Equity-Plan

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Written by By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Published: 22 July 2021

 

The rippling effects of a massive economic downturn has caused the nation to lose 9.5 million jobs - more losses than even those of the Great Recession

• about-Voting-Rights-Act
• George Floyd
• President-Joe-Biden

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Written by By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

Published: 20 July 2021

 

Majority Whip Clyburn, Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, made the observation that the filibuster currently being used in the U.S. Senate to block the Voting Rights Bill as well as the George Floyd Bill, is a matter of tradition and not a part of the U.S. Constitution.

• about-Vancouver-NAACP
• Jenoah Donald

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 14 July 2021

 

NAACP Vancouver reacts to the descision in the case of Jonah Donald, a Black man shot and killed by a Clark County deputy

• about-police-accountability
• about-racism
• George Floyd
• qualified-immunity

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Written by Oscar H. Blayton

Published: 07 July 2021

 

The systemic racism in the American criminal justice system is obvious to all who care to see it. And one of its worst abuses is the policy of qualified immunity.

• about-LGBTQ-community
• about-black-lives-matter
• about-pride

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Written by By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Published: 01 July 2021

 

Police violence is at the root of Pride Month, just as it is at the foundation of the Black Lives Matter Movement

• about-equity
• elm-trees
• street-trees

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Written by Mike Lindberg, Former Portland City Commissioner and Stephen Kafoury, Former Oregon State Legislator

Published: 30 June 2021

 

Our City Parks Bureau is bringing to the city council a plan for redoing the South Park Blocks at a cost of $46 million, when it is clear that Portland's Eastside is parks deficient

• about-commentary
• about-history-of-Black-Press
• about-black-press
• Nina Turner

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Written by Nina Hudson Turner

Published: 29 June 2021

Nina Hudson Turner (born December 7, 1967) is an American politician and educator from Ohio. 

When mainstream media largely ignored the Black community, or positioned us in an unfavorable light, the Black press has been the lighthouse that has illuminated our paths

• about-equity
• about-small-businesses
• COVID-19

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Written by Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Published: 24 June 2021

 

In Black America especially, the ‘old normal’ never delivered equitable access to wealth-building opportunities as those that well-served served much of White America.

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Written by Kenneth E. Thorpe

Published: 15 June 2021

Dr. Kenneth E. Thorpe 

A measure being considered by Oregon state legislature will perpetuate a harmful trend for Oregon’s communities of color.