Portlander Who Founded App That Helps Plus-Size Diners Find Comfortable Restaurants Gets National Attention

Portlander Rebecca Alexander wants to make it easier for plus-size people to eat out comfortably.

Portland Housing Activist Margot Black Returns to Tenant Leadership

“I’m done apologizing,” she said, “for being a fierce, outspoken and powerful woman with a brain, opinion and voice.”

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by Don’t Shoot PDX Organizer Teressa Raiford Over Her Arrest at a Portland Protest

On Monday, a judge dismissed a $500,000 lawsuit filed by Don’t Shoot PDX organizer Teressa Raiford against Portland on grounds that police singled her out and falsely arrested her during a 2015 protest.

Writer of “Walking Dead” Torture Song Used to Torment ICE Protesters Demands Feds Stop Playing It

Now, although the Occupy ICE camp was formally swept by the city on July 25, Bianco wants restitution. He says he’s sending a cease and desist to the federal government “to demand that they immediately and permanently cease using his song in this matter.”

Portland Protesters Blockading ICE Risk a Showdown With the Feds. A Document Displays the Potential Legal Consequences.

The possible charges protesters risk are more severe than has been reported.

Filipino Activists Demand a Stop to U.S. Funding of the Duterte Regime

“Enough Is Enough”: Thousands of Teenagers March Through Downtown Portland, Demanding Gun Control and an End To School Shootings

Tens of thousands of Portlanders showed up downtown today for the March For Our Lives—a national protest against gun violence following last month’s Parkland, Fla. high school shooting.

A Woman Claimed She Was Confronting Nazi Sympathizers at a Portland Restaurant, and Now It’s a Whole Thing

Portland woman Deavon Snoke ignited a social media fire this week over a confrontation with a restaurant diner she says was wearing a shirt with Nazi symbol, Raw Story first reported.