AG Sessions will address DACA and sanctuary cities with Portland officials United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions is coming to Portland today. On Sept. 5, Sessions announced the Deferred Action for…
Reflection in the wake of totality
After my misty eyes beheld eclipse totality, I am happy to weather the traffic, one homemade porta potty, and the dense-and-poorly-managed makeshift campground disaster all over again. It is worth…
Portland shows solidarity against hate: ‘White nationalism is white supremacy’
Portland community members gathered outside city hall on Sunday, Aug. 13 to speak out against the large demonstration of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia and to show solidarity with the…
Portland Copwatch and NAACP host public testimony preceding police reform vote
Portland NAACP and Portland Copwatch organized a 33–strong public testimonial about three items concerning Portland’s Police Bureau around 3 p.m. Aug. 3 at Portland City Hall. Mayor Ted Wheeler was…
Fascism on the rise: Portland extremists reveal themselves
[Note from Vanguard Editor-in-Chief, Colleen Leary]: In recent years, droves of new residents have flocked to Portland, many under the guise of a Portlandia-branded utopian liberal oasis: an easy-going city…
Board lowers tuition hike, but students will still feel the pinch
At a special meeting today, the Portland State Board of Trustees approved a resolution to lower the planned tuition increase set for Fall term. The new BOT increase resolution is…
PSU Board approves lower tution increase, credits increased state funding
Portland State University Communications released the following press release after today’s special Board of Trustees meeting: “The Portland State University Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to lower the tuition…
Newspace Center for Photography’s sudden shutter negative for community
A red “Now Leasing” sign hung over SE Portland’s Newspace Center for Photography logo as over four dozen people gathered on a sunny Monday night to learn more about why…
Brawlt-right: Antifa squares off against skinhead, Proud Boy rally
Portland’s latest collision between Joey Gibson’s crew of free speech marchers and anti-fascist counter-protesters on Friday, June 30 ended right back where it began. Despite several skirmishes and three scorched…
Out on a Wim
Outgoing Portland State President Wim Wiewel announced in an email on June 20 that he’s to become the new Lewis & Clark College president in October 2017. The announcement of…
Outgoing PSU President Wiewel announces new presidency at Lewis & Clark college
On June 20, Outgoing Portland State President Wim Wiewel announced he will become Lewis & Clark College President in October. “Today, Lewis & Clark College will announce that they have…