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Someone Tagged “Black Lives Matter” Outside a Church in Southeast Portland. Staff Decided to Keep It—and Turn It Into a Mural

Heidie Ambrose, a staff member and artist by trade, began the process of expanding the graffiti into a sprawling mural. Each brick is marked with the name of a Black man or woman who has died at the hands of systemic racism, and painted bricks are reserved for those who have died in the Portland area.

Jules for Jesus

Bailey, a candidate for Portland mayor, is in many ways a child of Southeast Portland, where he was raised and where he lived for much of his adult life. In one very specific way, Bailey is unlike many of his former neighbors and even members of his own family: He’s a Christian.

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A Fatal Police Shooting in Lents Was the Nightmare Portland Officials Tried to Prevent

A memorial to Robert Delgado in Lents Park, where he was killed by a police officer. (Wesley Lapointe)

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