Rue Mapp travels around the country as a blogger for her website, www.OutdoorAfro.com. But just this year her efforts at encouraging more people to get active and shape a relationship with nature has taken off, with invitations to the White House and an advisory role on Fist Lady Michelle Obama's 'Let's Move' initiative
Native American children are our future. So when will we start caring that their families are too poor to feed and care for them?
In recent years, as Portland has seen the loss of organizations for youth of color, Black Student Unions have taken on greater importance in instilling cultural awareness and encouraging young people to be leaders.
Somalis, Eritreans and Ethiopians have come to the United States to escape war and famine. They share land and history, but their stories and their identities are very different
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- In the hours after the midnight Saturday eviction deadline in Portland, the anti-Wall Street protesters and their supporters had flooded the park area. At one point, the crowd swelled to thousands. As dawn arrived, riot police had retreated and most of the crowds had gone home, but protesters who have been at the two parks since Oct. 6 were still there, prompting one organizer to declare the night a victory for the movement.
The Occupy Portland protest must pack up its downtown camp by Saturday Nov. 13 at midnight or be evicted. Mayor Sam Adams announced the decision Thursday morning along with Portland police chief Mike Reese and Commissioner Nick Fish.
Winter is coming early and the City of Portland is preparing for how it will combat historic homelessness.
Multiculturalism is under attack. In Norway a fanatical anti-immigrant claimed multiculturalism was behind his killing spree. And German Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed 'Multiculturalism is Dead'. What's really going on? Hear from the experts at this Lewis & Clark seminar
More than 14,000 high school students converged on the Oregon Convention Center, Nov. 6 and 7, to attend the 2011 Portland National College Fair.