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Students With Excused Absences Can Cut Class to Strike on Climate, Portland Public Schools Says

Just ask a teacher, kids.

Teen Activists Will Lead a Climate Strike in Portland This Week. Here’s What to Expect.

“We want this to be the largest climate strike history has ever seen,” says Jaden Winn, one of the teenage organizers of the march.

Report: Law Enforcement Took Unusual and Perhaps Illegal Interest In Jordan Cove LNG Project Opponents

The Guardian’s recent report details years of governmental “surveillance” of activist anti-pipeline groups in Coos Bay.

Portland State University Doesn’t Expect Trump’s Campus Speech Order Will Imperil Funding

That order is widely interpreted as a broadside at schools with progressive student bodies that try to disrupt campus appearances by right-wing or other dissenting speakers.

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

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