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Startup Helps Those Affected By Gangs And Gun Violence Find A Way Out By Katia Riddle  May 29, 2021 Bretto Jackson hated many things about federal prison, but not everything. It gave him access to people he never would have encountered otherwise. “The thing about prison is, you’re all wearing the same thing,” he says. “Everyone has the same $40 New Balances on.” Even, for example, the Wall Street criminals at Rikers Island. “These dudes were just sitting across from me, drinking their coffee, reading their Wall Street Journals.” Jackson’s fellow inmates opened his eyes to ...

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One small startup in Portland, Ore., is helping place former gang members and others involved in gun violence into well-paying green energy jobs.

The solution was twofold. First, commissioners passed a $6 million emergency budget package to fund $4.1 million in grants for organizations that support communities impacted by gun violence, with the rest going to the hiring of new crime data analysts and seasonal park rangers to surveil city parks. Second, Wheeler instructed the PPB to reinstate the controversial GVRT—under the new name “Focused Intervention Team”—without giving PPB any additional funding. Instead, Wheeler asked Lovell to pull officers off their current assignments to staff the 12-person team. The only significant d...

Many Oregon people of color eager to get vaccinated against COVID-19 while others wait for answers Updated 6:00 AM; Facebook Share Julia Mines didn’t want to get vaccinated against COVID-19, fully aware of the nation’s history of medical experimentation on African Americans. But she did it anyway. “I needed to set an example,” said Mines, director of a drug and alcohol recovery center for Black Portlanders. But, in the end, only two of her seven employees at The Miracles Club have gotten shots, she said, even though they had early access because they work face-to-face with people of ...