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Depending on who you ask, City Councilor Dan Ryan’s office terminated or amicably separated from a part-time employee July 17 over the employee’s offensive views on social media and his podcast.
Portlanders are paying millions to resolve previous incidents of police violence at protests. Current events tee up a potential repeat. The city has paid over $9.1 million in legal fees and payouts ...
The Clinton Street Theater is hosting a celebration of life for the Copwatch founder June 28. Those who knew him reflect on his work and impact ...
With available funding nearly gone, the future is unclear for publicly funded affordable housing projects in the Portland area ...
Photo gallery: The final year in the life of Sherrie Jeweline Navarro Heit I met Sherrie Jeweline Navarro Heit on an Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) support group Facebook page. I noticed her ...
Anti-homeless policy has been a staple of cities the world over, whether those policies be forthright, like loitering laws and sit-lie ordinances, or peppered into a city’s infrastructure and public ...
Continuing efforts to rename lakes, creeks, mountains and other geographical places with offensive and racist names are happening in Oregon, often with help from tribes and Native historians From ...
A Grants Pass case before the Supreme Court will decide if punishing homeless residents is cruel and unusual ...
ICE agents in Portland told 22-year-old Jorge Luis Reinaldo he needed to sign papers. When he arrived, they detained him, despite previously scheduled legal proceedings. Note: Street Roots’ interview ...
According to a recent Gallup poll, 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, the highest approval rating since 1965. And worker organizing has led to unionization of stores at a number of well-known, ...
Dr. Helen Riess, author of 'The Empathy Effect,' says the way we communicate can influence how and what we feel for others Empathy can be learned, and it can be lost. Every time a person chooses to ...
Please note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violent acts. American prisons are violent places, and while not every prisoner falls victim to violence, most are exposed to violence during ...
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