• about-politics
• homepagefeature
• about-transportation
• about-oregon-legislature
• about-minimum-wage
• About-paid-sick-leave
• About-black-leadership
• about-small-business
• Melanie Sevcenko

Details

Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 12 January 2017

Photo by Andie Petkus Photography 

District 51’s first African American representative talks about transportation, the minimum wage and balancing the budget 

• about-civil-rights
• homepagefeature
• about-the-skanner-foundation
• about-Martin-Luther-King-breakfast
• about-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-holiday
• about-Martin-Luther-King-Jr.-Weekend-of-Service
• about-Julian-Bond

Details

Written by Christen McCurdy

Published: 12 January 2017

Photo courtesy of Howard Moore 

Civil rights lawyer to speak on MLK’s vision, predictions for the future 

• homepagefeature
• about-filmmakers
• about-film-industry
• about-Hollywood-Theater
• about-black-film-festival
• Melanie Sevcenko

Details

Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 05 January 2017

Pam Grier in Jack Hill's 1973 classic, COFFY 

Tickets for festival, which include new and old releases, go on sale Friday

• about-people-of-color,
• homepagefeature
• about-Multnomah-County
• about-diversity
• about-Multnomah-County-Commission
• Melanie Sevcenko

Details

Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 05 January 2017

Multnomah County board member, Commissioner Jessica Vega Pederson, gets sworn in the morning of Tuesday, January 3, 2017. (Multnomah County) 

New commission was sworn in Jan. 3

• homepagefeature
• about-women's-rights
• about-protest
• about-women-of-color
• about-Washington-DC
• about-feminism

Details

Written by Christen McCurdy

Published: 05 January 2017

Photo by Thaidragon27 (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons. 

Women’s March on Washington will include solidarity marches in Portland, Seattle, elsewhere

• about-new-years-eve
• About-new-year
• 2017

Details

Written by The Associated Press

Published: 31 December 2016

Fireworks explode around the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year's celebrations get underway in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) 

From Australia to Las Vegas people are saying goodbye to those we lost as they welcome the new

• homepagefeature
• about-vanport-flood
• about-music
• about-vanport-neighborhood
• about-wake-of-vanport
• about-folk-music

Details

Written by Thacher Schmid

Published: 22 December 2016

Al Aumuller/New York World-Telegram and the Sun (public domain) 

Song was published in a 1963 songbook, but forgotten until recently

• homepagefeature
• about-portland-city-council
• about-Dan-Saltzman
• about-Portland-Housing-Bureau
• about-inclusionary-zoning

Details

Written by Christen McCurdy

Published: 21 December 2016

 

Ordinance would dedicate a percentage of housing to renters making less than median income 

• homepagefeature
• about-Flint-Michigan
• about-lead-poisoning
• about-drinking-water

Details

Written by ED WHITE, Associated Press

Published: 21 December 2016

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette addresses a news conference (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) 

Former key officials charged with four crimes, including conspiracy and misconduct in office 

• about-gentrification
• homepagefeature
• about-communities-of-color
• about-housing
• about-Dan-Saltzman
• Melanie Sevcenko

Details

Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 15 December 2016

(PHB) 

Average monthly rent in Portland rose 7 percent between 2015 and 2016