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In a rare case, Andrea Sahouri, a Des Moines Register reporter, was prosecuted after covering a protest against racism and police violence in May.

They were arrested while covering protests last year. They’re still in legal limbo. On June 1, as protests intensified across the US following the police killing of George Floyd, Richard Cummings, a freelance photojournalist in Worcester, Massachusetts, saw dozens of police officers assembling in riot gear, even though the day’s main demonstration had wound down. He started to film them and take pictures. “Worcester’s never had anything with riot gear before,” Cummings told me recentl...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Two New Ranch Owners in Ashland Sent a Letter to Neighbors Asking for Money to Rehabilitate Their Property. It Didn’t Go Over Well. Neighbors received a letter saying that if they couldn’t raise $40,000 in community contributions, the couple were considering building a motocross track. “It reads like extortion,” says one re...

/ The 2020 Almeda Fire destroyed thousands of mobile homes in Jackson County, including the Royal Oaks Mobile Manor in Phoenix, Oregon. More than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after the catastrophic 2020 wildfires. About 57% of them were denied. Maria Meunier has lived in Medford for almost a decade. She owned a manufactured home at the Medford Estates — what was once a gated, manicured mobile home park with cleanly paved streets, sturdy homes and bright green lawn...