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A ’50s-Style Diner With Authentic Showpieces and Classic Comfort Food Is Opening in St. Johns

A ’50s-Style Diner With Authentic Showpieces and Classic Comfort Food Is Opening in St. Johns


Many Oregon Crime Victims of Color Don’t Report What Happens Because They Don’t Trust Police

Many Oregon Crime Victims of Color Don’t Report What Happens Because They Don’t Trust Police

From shootings to sexual assault, Black people are greatly overrepresented as victims of violent crime—and that’s just crime that gets reported.


Black Children Are Sent to Detention Centers at a Staggering Rate, Lowering Their Chances of a Successful Future

Black Children Are Sent to Detention Centers at a Staggering Rate, Lowering Their Chances of a Successful Future

Not only are Black youths drastically overrepresented in detention centers, but they also spend the most time there.


Black Oregonians Are Imprisoned at a Rate Almost Four Times That of White People

Black Oregonians Are Imprisoned at a Rate Almost Four Times That of White People

“Prisons and the criminal legal system are designed to control and dominate certain populations.”


Health

For Rural OHSU Clinic, a Vision to Boost Revenue Leaves Clinicians Uneasy

By Andrew SchwartzJanuary 28, 2026 at 7:20 pm PST

Tobias Read Says There’s Enough Time to Put a Gas Tax Repeal Measure on the May Ballot—Barely


Urban League Vacates Longtime North Portland Office Amid Fight to Get the Building Back


Special Education and Student Mental Health Lead Janelle Bynum’s Youth Agenda


Only Two Groups Have Submitted Signatures for 2026 Ballot Initiatives. They Aim at Very Different Issues.


Millions of Dollars in, OHSU Behavioral Health Coordination Center Has Aided Few Actual Patients


ZYN City: What a College Student Learned Trying to Buy Tobacco on County Sting Operations


Murmurs: Minneapolis Killing Reverberates in Portland