Portland State student Aaron Salazar is in a coma with multiple injuries after being found unconscious next to a railroad in Truckee, Calif. on May 15. Salazar, 22, was travelling…
Democratic Socialists of America to bring ‘Tax the Rich’ campaign to Salem
Protesters from Poor People’s Campaign, Oregon’s Democratic Socialists of America, Jobs With Justice and other organizations will meet in front of the state capitol building in Salem Monday, May 21…
May Day celebration highlights immigrant and workers’ rights
Over 300 individuals and representatives from local cultural and activist organizations, faith groups and unions gathered at Lents Park in southeast Portland on May 1 for an International Workers’ Day…
Never too cautious
A notable trend has appeared in Portland State’s Campus Public Safety Office crime reports: From 2016 to 2017, the numbers of reported car break-ins, bike thefts and other crimes skyrocketed…
Community protests police shooting of Portland man in crisis
Activist group Portland’s Resistance hosted a rally and resource drive Wednesday, April 11 outside Portland City Hall to protest the police shooting of 48-year-old John Elifritz, who family members say…
#NeverAgain: PSU students honor school shooting victims in walkout
Portland State students walked out of class Wednesday, March 14 to take part in a nationwide student-led protest for gun reform and to honor those killed in the Marjory Stoneman…
‘Feminism for the 99 percent’: women’s strike pickets downtown Portland
Over 200 participants of all genders, waving red flags and picket signs, gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square Thursday, March 8 for the International Women’s Strike to call for equal treatment…
‘Portland Review’ partners with PSU English department
Portland Review, Portland’s longest-running literary journal, has officially partnered with the Portland State English Department, which now offers classes where students can earn credit while helping to create the journal….
Mental health author discusses turning around self-destructive behaviors
Portland State welcomed Sabrina Chap, a Brooklyn-based author, musician and performer, to speak about her anthology Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction Friday, Feb. 23. Chap presented to a…
PSU Russian Flagship program helps translates Oregon Drivers Manual
Portland State’s Russian Flagship Program and the Portland Police Bureau collaborated to release Oregon’s first Russian translation of the Department of Motor Vehicles Driver Manual this February 2018. Members of…
Women, Gender and Sexualities announces new major
Portland State’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department just launched a new sexuality, gender, and queer studies major. SGQS was initially only available as a minor. The minor’s immense and…