Portlanders are paying millions to resolve previous incidents of police violence at protests. Current events tee up a potential repeat. The city has paid over $9.1 million in legal fees and payouts ...

Depending on who you ask, City Councilor Dan Ryan’s office terminated or amicably separated from a part-time employee July 17 over the employee’s offensive views on social media and his podcast.

Photo gallery: The final year in the life of Sherrie Jeweline Navarro Heit I met Sherrie Jeweline Navarro Heit on an Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) support group Facebook page. I noticed her ...

A Grants Pass case before the Supreme Court will decide if punishing homeless residents is cruel and unusual ...

Anti-homeless policy has been a staple of cities the world over, whether those policies be forthright, like loitering laws and sit-lie ordinances, or peppered into a city’s infrastructure and public ...

Continuing efforts to rename lakes, creeks, mountains and other geographical places with offensive and racist names are happening in Oregon, often with help from tribes and Native historians From ...

Zenith Energy’s fossil fuel storage and transport facility faces criticism for potential environmental dangers, particularly in the event of an earthquake. Portland City Council and a fossil fuel ...

ICE agents in Portland told 22-year-old Jorge Luis Reinaldo he needed to sign papers. When he arrived, they detained him, despite previously scheduled legal proceedings. Note: Street Roots’ interview ...

According to a recent Gallup poll, 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, the highest approval rating since 1965. And worker organizing has led to unionization of stores at a number of well-known, ...

Dr. Helen Riess, author of 'The Empathy Effect,' says the way we communicate can influence how and what we feel for others Empathy can be learned, and it can be lost. Every time a person chooses to ...

Please note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violent acts. American prisons are violent places, and while not every prisoner falls victim to violence, most are exposed to violence during ...

The legislature cut funding for housing and homeless services, while establishing a statewide shelter system and expanding some tenant protections The number of Oregonians experiencing homelessness ...