Rep. Janelle Bynum Introduces CROWN Act to Protect Black Oregonians From Hair Discrimination

Oregon Prisoners Could Get the Right to Vote While Incarcerated Under New Senate Bill

Oregon Prison Inmates Were Evacuated From Wildfires Onto the Home Turf of Their Former Gang Associates

The Leaders Who Emerged

Never before was this city as open to new voices and direction as when the old systems had so publicly failed.

Rep. Janelle Bynum Will Seek to Become Oregon House Speaker in Unusual Floor Fight

Democrats voted to nominate current Speaker Tina Kotek to continue the fight.

House Speaker Tina Kotek Faces a Leadership Challenge From Rep. Janelle Bynum

Control of the Democratic leadership in the statehouse is up for grabs.

Oregon Lawmakers Consider Making It a Crime to Dox Someone, and Banning Law Enforcement From Posting Mugshots

Protests and Riots Fill the Streets of Portland. Four Black Leaders Are Trying to Bring Meaning to the Anguish.