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Details: Written by By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 16 August 2019

Counter-protesters at a Portland rally. (AP Photo/John Rudoff, File)

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, said Wednesday that people planning violence or espousing hatred at a weekend protest by right-wing groups in the liberal city "are not welcome here"

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 August 2019

Photo by Doug Brown

Group sues after US citizen detained outside courthouse

Details: Written by Saundra Sorensen; Published: 15 August 2019

Film explores complex relationship between Black soldiers and Native Americans

Details: Written by R. Dallon Adams; Published: 15 August 2019

Founders and co-owners of Green Hop Karanja Crews, left, and Nicole Kennedy, right

Black-owned dispensary hosts block party to support local music, minority cannabis entrepreneurs

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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 14 August 2019

Pan-African Festival 2019 (Photo by Jerry Foster)

On Saturday, August 10, the Pan-African Festival (PAF) returned for a third year to celebrate the African Diaspora in the Pacific Northwest

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Details: Written by By Associated Press; Published: 14 August 2019

A new law curbing use of the death penalty in Oregon now appears to go further than supporters intended

Details: Written by By Associated Press; Published: 14 August 2019

The Humane Society of the United States called the law a "monumental win for hens confined in tiny cages in the egg industry"

Details: Written by R. Dallon Adams; Published: 13 August 2019

(Photo Courtesy: NBA/Portland Trail Blazers)

The new design pays tribute to previous decades in the semi-centennial

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 13 August 2019

Robert Oden is the first person to be charged with the new bias crime law in Multnomah County, after punching three men in the face and yelling "go back to your country".

Details: Written by By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press; Published: 13 August 2019

A protester participates in a rally in Portland, Ore. (Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP, File)

Portland police are mobilizing to prevent clashes between out-of-state far-right groups planning a rally here and the homegrown anti-fascists who oppose them