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.

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 ...

Portland faces record levels of gun violence and homicide. As of July 21, there have been 91 homicides in Portland in the past year, and from January through July 27 there were 688 shootings according ...

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 ...

The Housing First pioneer explains why the policy of housing a person before attempting to fix their underlying issues works best In the late 1980s and early ’90s, on both ends of the country, the ...

For many housed people, there is a tendency to conflate unhoused populations with violent crime and danger, but crime rates tell a different story. Editor's note: This story contains graphic ...

What, exactly, is anarchism? Many anarchists resist embracing a solid definition, and their ideologies spill into other movements, such as antifa. The Department of Justice declared Portland an ...

For over 60 years, Lil’ Sambo’s Family Restaurant in Lincoln City has been a self-proclaimed “coastal landmark,” named after a children’s book famous for its racist illustrations. Now, Oregonians are ...

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 ...

The city of Portland spent almost $6.75 million resolving claims against the Portland Police Bureau since 2020, including over $3 million settling wrongful death claims. While other city bureaus ...

Oregonians came close to adopting one of the most regressive laws in the country, but activists and community members fought hard against Ballot Measure 9 Thirty years ago, a ballot measure went ...

Sex has always sold well, and it’s been business as usual in Portland's Old Town for at least 150 years SEX WORKERS have been making money in Portland’s Old Town for as long as the neighborhood has ...