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Local Black leaders gathered in Ashland Tuesday night to discuss growing concerns about white nationalism in Southern Oregon.

The champs are here, but the details matter as much as the outcome.

Transportation, union jobs, energy independence frame Biden's Portland speech President Biden speaks at Portland Air National Guard 142 Fighter Ba...

<strong>John the Revelator</strong> | Fight Club captured the radical zeitgeist of American culture with prescient imagery echoing 9/11.

The founders of Reimagine Oregon say change was incremental rather than transformative. By Julia Silverman 6/29/2021 at 4:33pm Black Lives Matter protests around Oregon in summer 2020, like this one in Eugene, ignited Reimagine Oregon and its legislative agenda. A year later, they say theyve made some gains—but nowhere near enough. Eleven months ago, the leaders of some of Oregon’s most venerable Black-led organizations—community groups, activists, nonprofits, and protest leaders...

The Reimagine Oregon project launched last summer with an ambitious policy agenda to dismantle systemic racism in the state — in housing, education, health

Justice organizations push for overtime pay for Oregon farmworkers View Comments A panel from Pineros Y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste on Tuesday urged legislators to pass legislation that would require Oregon farmers to pay overtime.  Panelists included Ramon Ramirez, a founding member and former president of PCUN; Nkenge Harmon Johnson, president and CEO of the Urban League of Portland; and Eric Richardson, executive director of the Lane County NAACP. Sharon Gary-Smith, president of Portland...

May 13, 2021 GMT RENO, Nev. (AP) — Former Nevada Wolf Pack basketball star Armon Johnson has been hired as the new boys’ basketball coach at Reno’s McQueen High School. McQueen Athletic Director Eric Borja confirmed the hiring, the Reno Gazette Journal reported on its web site Thursday. He’s the second former Nevada player named coach of a Reno high school in the past week after Galena High hired Olek Czyz last week. After playing for Nevada, Johnson, 32, played two seasons in the NBA. ...

April 21 2021 Feds discuss decision not to pursue charges against West Linn officers involved in 2017 false arrest. Two months after federal prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against the West Linn police officers involved in the 2017 false arrest of Michael Fesser, some in the West Linn community and others in the Portland area are still disappointed and angry at the decision. But they also have a bit of hope. An FBI investigator and the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District o...

Proposed settlement would end dispute over aid to Blacks Pending applicants would benefit if federal judge approves, but state must commit to more data. Gov. Kate Brown has announced a tentative settlement in a legal challenge to Oregons setting aside $62 million in federal funds to aid Black families, businesses and nonprofits. The settlement still requires approval from a federal judge. But it would resolve a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in October by Great Northern Resource...