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For just over a decade, the Albina Arts Center was a vibrant cultural hub for both its neighborhood and the city at large. Now, even local leaders and Portland natives are surprised to learn of the significance of the aging building at 8 Northeast Killingsworth Street.

The world according to Walter Palmer The educator, organizer, and alumnus discusses his six decades of activism, growing up in the Black Bottom, studying and teaching at Penn, his work at CHOP, the student strike of 1967, the Vietnam War, Frank Rizzo, Donald Trump, school choice, gun violence, the Chauvin trial, and why he thinks racism should be declared a national public health crisis. Image: Eric Sucar Two weeks before he was a...

Longtime public official Lee Moore Sr., former chairman of Home Forward board, dies Updated Mar 06, 2021; Posted Mar 06, 2021 Lee Moore, then chair of the Housing Authority of Portland (now Home Forward) talks about the intersection of race and gentrification as it pertains to the citys plans to make North Williams Avenue safer. The proposed project is drawing concerns from some residents and members of the Black community who say that the thoroughfare had been ignored for years, but is now a...