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Parents and Teachers Decry Portland Public Schools’ Decision Not to Distribute Textbooks During the Pandemic

There’s no single set of rules about who gets textbooks—and, in some cases, parents don’t know if the books even exist.

Readers Respond to the Toppling of Presidential Statues in Portland

“Monuments are like plastic bags: They never should have existed, but now we can’t get rid of them.”

Portland Man Describes Tearing Down Thomas Jefferson Statue: “It’s Not Vandalism”

“There wasn’t rage. We were doing this thing that should’ve been done, that people in charge aren’t doing.”

Murmurs: Public Tributes to Historic Figures Removed

In other news: Mystery plane circles protesters.

Portland Protesters Topple Thomas Jefferson Statue at Jefferson High School

For over a decade, community members have debated whether to change the name of the school.

Lincoln High School Basketball Coach Pat Adelman Touches a Nerve on Race

Lincoln parents say the coach wanted Lincoln’s white players to compete more aggressively in a Jan. 12 game against their black opponents at Jefferson High School. In an expletive-filled rant, he allegedly called the Lincoln JV players “racists” and afraid to touch black students, then pulled two black students into the locker room and demanded the white players touch them.

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