Portland Has Broken Its Promise to Keep Neighborhoods Safe From Demolition Contaminants

The city has failed to analyze how often an inspector was on site when a building was ripped apart.

City Commissioner Amanda Fritz Selects Interim Portland Parks Director Who Had Received Warnings About Elevated Lead Levels at Preschool Building

Kia Selley was one of two deputies to the former bureau director who was told about elevate lead levels in the water at the Multnomah Arts Center.

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: The 10 News Stories Most Ignored By the Mainstream Media

Project Censored takes a hard look at the media’s blind spots—and the stories that threaten our country.

We Used a New App to Compare Portland's Health Risks Against Three Other Western Cities

139 Water Fixtures in PPS Buildings Produced High Lead Levels in the First Half of 2016

54: Days after the lead crisis hit Portland Public Schools before then-Superintendent Carole Smith resigned.

Southeast Portland's Buckman Pool is Closed—and Too Expensive to Fix

Costs of repair will prevent the reopening of the last pool Portland Public Schools owns.

Portland State University Finds Elevated Lead Levels in the Pipes of Four Residence Halls

Students living in four Portland State University residence halls learned on Wednesday that some of their building’s pipes contain levels of lead that exceed federal standards. The notice, which was sent to residents in the Parkway, Blackstone, Stratford and King Albert buildings, said that eight rooms in the four buildings built between 1927 and 1932 … Continue reading Portland State University Finds Elevated Lead Levels in the Pipes of Four Residence Halls

Five Findings in the Lead Investigation That Forced the Resignation of Superintendent Carole Smith

Why is Superintendent Carole Smith out after nearly nine years at the helm of the state’s largest school district? The short answer from the scathing 38-page report issued July 18: PPS cultivated a culture of ignorance, incompetence and deception.