Race Talks, Opportunities for Dialogue, a monthly series discussing topics associated with race and ethnicity in Oregon, held a forum for city council candidates Loretta Smith and JoAnn Hardesty on…
Southeast Portland residents discuss proposed Foster houseless shelter
On July 31, a crowd of approximately 50 people packed into the concert space at the Hallowed Halls recording studio in Southeast Portland to attend a public forum and panel…
Measure to repeal sanctuary state law approved for November ballot
On November 6, 2018, Oregon voters will join the national debate on immigration by voting to decide whether the state should nullify its law prohibiting local law enforcement from collaborating…
Portland community shuts down ICE
Since June 17, protestors have blockaded the entrances to Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on SW Macadam Ave. What began as a small group of about 20 protestors swelled…
Senator Jeff Merkley blocked from detention center for undocumented children
On Sunday, June 2, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., was denied access to a shelter facility for children in Brownsville, Texas, where Merkley said the children of refugees seeking asylum were…
This isn’t your parents’ economy
“Stop being so lazy, when I was your age I had a house and a pension already lined up.” “What do you mean you can’t find a job? Everyone has…
Workers discuss the fate of labor journalism
Directors of worker-owned news publications and their readers gathered in the basement of the Northeast Portland nonprofit Jobs With Justice on May 9 to discuss the current state and future…