The fund is also intended to keep Sotelo’s small business afloat throughout this ordeal. Sotelo’s protégée, Victoria Reader, is currently running Novo Start, according to Hoffman. Reader came to ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. As the city of Portland clawed its way out of the pandemic, it faced a new set of crises: The city’s homeless population was growing ...

It’s the people. Who make communities, who make events, who make movements. That’s the core thing we have lost and found, over and over. In this moment of fear and facism and failures of our society, ...

I n 1945, Clara Peoples started a tradition in the cafeteria of the Kaiser Shipyards in Portland. With permission from supervisors, she announced to her co-workers that they would celebrate Juneteenth ...

Animals in conflict Caught in battles, animals are often displaced and, sadly, many get killed in crossfire. This series offers some startling photography, highlighting both the pain of war and how ...

Ariel Gore is as raw and honest in her writing as she is in her life, earning her the moniker of the hippest mama around. But the backstory is a long way from Ozzie and Harriet. Gore, spurred by a ...

Ghosts of Agent Orange: The notorious defoliant continues to ravage generations of Vietnamese Former Marine and member of Portland’s Veterans for Peace chapter, Dan Shea knows the lasting effects of ...

The lifelong advocate talks climate change activism in this installment of Nothing More Hopeful Bonnie McKinlay arrives at my house a little out of breath, greets my dog, and apologizes for being late ...

New voices, new stations converge on rare FM license offering New low-power FM stations will soon become part of Portland’s media landscape, representing a different set of voices from commercial and ...

Helping U.S. forces made many Iraqi and Afghan interpreters targets in their own countries, and the visa program intended to help them has fallen under heavy fire Fifty-year-old Omar Al-Kubaisi says ...

The former ‘SNL’ Annoying Man turned Renaissance performer on comedy, mental health, and Israel Jon Lovitz was part of an iconic “Saturday Night Live Cast” in the late ’80s that included Phil Hartman, ...

An ICE-y reception: Immigration officials unfazed by judge's ruling on local detentions Last month, a U.S. District court ruling in Portland started a chain reaction that’s slowly stripping U.S.