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Pastor Mark Knutson on Strengthening Sanctuary and Responding to Trump’s Threats
Augustana Lutheran Church is part of an interfaith network in Portland organizing to protect immigrants.
“Young Black Men Are ___”, A Multimedia Interactive Storytelling Project, Opens February 1
Word Is Bond partners with the 1803 Fund to explore Black identity.
PHOTOS: The World Arts Foundation Presents Lifetime Achievement Award on MLK Day in Portland
Bernie and Bobbie Foster, The Skanner News founders, were presented with the award.
Cascade Festival of African Films Celebrates 35th Year
The Cascade Festival of African Films runs from Jan. 31 through March 1, featuring more than 20 films from 14 countries
AG Rayfield Reacts to Latest Victory in Trump’s Attempt to Block Birthright Citizenship Order
“This just proves what we’ve been saying all along. No president can rewrite the Constitution with the stroke of a pen,” said...
Budget Committee Ranking Member Merkley: Vought Dangerously Unfit to Lead OMB
Merkley spoke on the Senate floor to kick off Democratic opposition to Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) nominee and...
Portland Trail Blazers Host First-ever Albina Rose Alliance Game
Game to highlight the Albina Rose Alliance – a partnership between Albina Vision Trust and the Portland Trail Blazers ...
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Launches Research on the Long-Term Impacts of Mentorship
“This new research proves what we’ve known for years— mentorship has an incredibly positive impact, not just to our Littles, but...
Rayfield Announces Initial Victory in Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Illegal Federal Funding Freeze
Today a federal judge in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit filed by Oregon and a coalition of 22...
Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules, as advocates find new ways to challenge them in a legal landscape...
Western Oregon women's basketball players allege physical and emotional abuse
MONMOUTH, Ore. (AP) — Former players for the Western Oregon women's basketball team have filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging emotional and physical abuse. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in Marion County, seeks million damages. It names the university, its athletic...
Slaughter leads Missouri against No. 5 Texas
Missouri Tigers (12-10, 1-6 SEC) at Texas Longhorns (20-2, 6-1 SEC) Austin, Texas; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Missouri visits No. 5 Texas after Grace Slaughter scored 31 points in Missouri's 78-77 victory against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The...
Slaughter leads Missouri against No. 5 Texas after 31-point game
Missouri Tigers (12-10, 1-6 SEC) at Texas Longhorns (20-2, 6-1 SEC) Austin, Texas; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Missouri visits No. 5 Texas after Grace Slaughter scored 31 points in Missouri's 78-77 win over the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The...
Bending the Arc: Advancing Equity in a New Federal Landscape
January 20th, 2025 represented the clearest distillation of the crossroads our country faces. ...
Trump’s America Last Agenda is a Knife in the Back of Working People
Donald Trump’s playbook has always been to campaign like a populist and govern like an oligarch. But it is still shocking just how brutally he went after our country’s working people in the first few days – even the first few hours – after he was...
As Dr. King Once Asked, Where Do We Go From Here?
“Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds. Let us be dissatisfied until the tragic walls that separate the outer city of wealth and comfort from the inner city of poverty and despair shall...
On May 16, we will be closing our childcare centers for a day — signaling a crisis that could soon sweep across North Carolina, dismantling the very backbone of our economy ...
Trump consoles crash victims then dives into politics with attack on diversity initiatives
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday responded to the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades by blaming diversity initiatives for undermining safety and questioning the actions of a U.S. Army helicopter pilot involved in the midair collision with a...
US Supreme Court rejects likely final appeal of South Carolina inmate a day before his execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Thursday what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled execution for a 2001 killing of a friend found dead in her burning car. Marion Bowman Jr.'s request to stop his execution until a...
Trump's orders take aim at critical race theory and antisemitism on college campuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as “critical race theory” and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money. A separate plan announced Wednesday calls for aggressive action to...
Book Review: Hunted by the FBI and Russian Oligarch, a hedge fund manager flees into the wilderness
Paul Brightman, a former hedge fund manager, has been keeping a low profile, changing his name to Grant Anderson and making a modest living as a boat builder in a small New Hampshire town. But Paul fears it’s only a matter of time before he’s found. The FBI is hunting him. The CIA...
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni get March 2026 trial date for her 'It Ends With Us' lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge set a March 2026 trial date on Monday and moved an initial conference from mid-February to next week as the public feud between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With Us” costar and director Justin Baldoni continued to grow and accelerate. And in a...
Movie Review: Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon collide in comedy 'You're Cordially Invited'
Are you with the bride or the groom? Hold on, scratch that. Are you with Reese Witherspoon or Will Ferrell? “You're Cordially Invited,” a new comedy directed by Nicholas Stoller, brings together two stars whose movie worlds are nearly as divided as wedding guests on separate sides...
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Bottle Bill's Hidden Bottles
Clues released daily will lead treasure hunters to six, commemorative, gold-colored bottles hidden throughout Oregon
