Portland State University Cancels In-Person Final Exams, Moves Spring Classes Online

The university is eliminating the option of in-person classes until the middle of next month.

Portland Activism Doesn’t Just Come in a Single Shape, Size or Age. At 17, Amira Tripp Folsom Is a Prime Example of That.

Portland is a place that cares, and her residents are no strangers to showing up and getting out to stand up for what they believe in—which can result in national headlines. Our activism doesn’t just come in a single shape, size or age.

Murmurs: Oregon Man Sues Google for Workplace Harassment

In other news: Gov. Kate Brown draws timber ire with Forestry Board picks.

The True Story of How Oregonians Won the Bitter Battle for the Right to Die

It’s been 20 years since Oregon became the first state to let people choose when to end their lives. Here’s how the fight was won, as told by the people who were there.

Why Are So Many of the People Sleeping on Downtown Streets So Damaged?

Alberta

Alberta may be the neighborhood that most perfectly encapsulates what Portland as an entire city has experienced in the past decade, which is to say it’s been a victim of its own success.

Proud Mary

St. Mary’s Academy backs away from firing a gay employee. Will other Catholic schools offer workplace protections?

Vow of Silence

St. Mary’s longtime leader says she had to withdraw Lauren Brown’s contract to remain loyal to Catholic doctrine.