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Published: 07 November 2017

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A group promoting white supremacy has been placing posters around Southern Oregon for months

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Written by Christen McCurdy

Published: 02 November 2017

A new map shows census tracts that may be harder to count in the 2020 decennial census count. Tracts with higher populations of people of color – including tracts in East Multnomah County – may be at particular risk, researchers say. Captured from http://www.censushardtocountmaps2020.us/. 

Research notes ‘hard-to-count’ communities could be hard hit by flattened Census funding

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Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 02 November 2017

 

A new report unveils the tough barriers faced by children of color and those of immigrant families

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Written by Kate Nacy

Published: 26 October 2017

 

Grant includes $750,000 for culturally specific programming

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Written by Christen McCurdy

Published: 26 October 2017

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Joey Jones helps keep remote communication networks secure

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Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 26 October 2017

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Oct. 28 marks the official revival of the largest congregation of Black women in more than two decades

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 19 October 2017

 

“This will happen again,” Erious Johnson told OPB's Think Out Loud

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Written by Christen McCurdy

Published: 19 October 2017

 

Portland’s small Rohingya community raising voices for US intervention

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Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 19 October 2017

Mat dos Santos, legal director at the ACLU of Oregon. (Courtesy of ACLU of Oregon) 

The civil liberties group wants to know how the federal immigration enforcement agency is operating in Oregon communities

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Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 19 October 2017

Portland Metropolitan Workforce Training Center (Courtesy of PCC) 

If passed, funds would go towards updating job training centers and more