Commentary

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 18 February 2021

H.R. 40 finally forces the U.S. government to recognize and make amends for the decades of economic enrichment that have benefited this nation as a result of the free labor that African slaves were forced to provide

Details: Written by Ann Turner, Portland, Oregon; Published: 16 February 2021

(photo/Keira Burton)

The time is now for Portland City Council to stop Zenith Energy’s transporting fossil fuels into and out of our city.

Details: Written by Oscar H. Blayton; Published: 11 February 2021

Oscar H. Blayton

Black History Month, as it exists today, continues the practice of “othering” Black people in America.

Details: Written by By Saskia Hostetler Lippy MD; Published: 06 February 2021

Sil D, a 35-year resident of Portland, has mentored many in the Black community on life, what it means to be human and living in the whitest city in America

Details: Written by Carl Anderson, MD, MPH, Northwest Permanente Department of Occupational Health, Kaiser Permanente Northwest; Published: 29 January 2021

Carl Anderson, MD, MPH, Northwest Permanente Department of Occupational Health, Kaiser Permanente Northwest

In attempting to address “vaccine hesitancy,” the reluctance or refusal to undergo vaccination, Dr. Anthony Fauci has acknowledged a history of mistreatment.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 19 January 2021

K. Sabeel Rahman

We see painful parallels between the America in which King lived and the present day

US-Capitol-Siege

Details: Written by Tai Harden-Moore, JD, MBA; Published: 11 January 2021

Tai Harden-Moore, JD, MBA (photo courtesy Tai Harden-Moore)

The violence we witnessed in the United States Capitol on January 6 is nothing new.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 January 2021

Margaret Huang

Insidious racism took the form of an American president openly encouraging with “love” violent extremists

Details: Written by Dr. Tom H. Hastings, PSU; Published: 05 January 2021

Dr. Tom H. Hastings

Will Trump leave in the middle of the night, embarrassed by his four years of crude, rude, lying, and beyond belief incompetence? Or will he be escorted out by a secret service detachment?

Details: Written by Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor; Published: 04 January 2021

(Image: iStockphoto / NNPA)

Voter turnout is reportedly lagging in the more rural and conservative areas of Georgia and is higher in more traditionally Democratic areas of the state

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