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Through political campaigns, legal actions, founding the grassroots organizing group Don't Shoot Portland and through her fearless determination to speak up against racial injustice, the Skanner Foundation's 2022 Drum Major for Justice Teressa Raiford has made a lasting impression on our city and our state
The rocket rise in the killings of young Black men has undermined activists' goals.
The rocket rise in the killings of young Black men has undermined activists’ goals.
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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. The Gun Updated April 10 at 11:28 PM It’s 9:50 on a Wednesday night, in the Safeway parking lot on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. I’m looking into the passenger-side window of a gray Chevy Tahoe, with $160 in my fist. In the back seat lies a green pillowcase. Inside that pillowcase is a loaded 9 mm handgun. I want that gun. I’m firearms shopping in Northeast Portland—not out of self-defense or vigilante...