In 1891, George Breckonridge was the first juvenile to be placed into custody at the reform school for boys in Woodburn, Ore. His crime was stealing a newspaper off his neighbor’s porch. Fast-forward ...

Ursula K. Le Guin started writing when she was five and has been publishing her work since the 1960s. Throughout her career, she has delved into some of the most insightful, political, ecological and ...

ICE agents in Portland told 22-year-old Jorge Luis Reinaldo he needed to sign papers. When he arrived, they detained him, despite previously scheduled legal proceedings.

One 2023 death reveals a complicated web of policy and procedures impacting the efficacy of the city’s emergency response systems ...

Former Marine and member of Portland’s Veterans for Peace chapter, Dan Shea knows the lasting effects of the Vietnam War all too well. In 1977 his first child was born with a number of birth defects ...

Despite veterans’ access to vouchers and funding, finding landlords willing to rent to them has been a challenge With approximately 360 Portland-area veterans still in need of housing, city and county ...

A CROOKED PATH FORWARD | We must take action to save LGBTQ+ lives I was 38 years old the first time I lived with a gay man. We were roommates in treatment. A counselor had taken me aside and asked if ...

The "Dammed to Extinction" filmmaker talks about the need for clean, renewable energy and the myth about hydropower In the summer of 2018, the Pacific Northwest became captivated by the story of ...

OPINION | The mayor proposes underfunding the non-police crisis response program by 77% Mayor Ted Wheeler’s budget allotment for Portland Street Response falls short. And this is not the time to short ...