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A stinging heat hung under the blue skies at the River City Bicycles parking lot in Southeast Portland. The clink of shifting bike gears and skidding wheels echoed through the parking lot as the women ...

For residents of the Laureate, rent is permanently affordable. Their homes are publicly owned and governed with their input. The Laureate, in Montgomery County, Maryland, is an early example of social ...

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 ...

Oregonians use thousands of single-use beverage containers every day. Recycling them is a low-barrier job for Portlanders known as ‘canners.’ Scott Atkins started collecting and recycling cans and ...

Disability Rights Oregon letter could be the first step toward legal action if the city does not honor reasonable accommodations requests. The Oregon Department of Justice could ultimately intervene.

Oregon is not home to the most contaminated land in North America — that award goes to Washington. But if things go according to plan, Oregonians could see nuclear waste passing through in the years ...

Oregon’s first-ever Marianas Festival brought the spirit of the islands to the Pacific Northwest. Over two days, the festival held cultural workshops, dance and musical performances, food and a car ...

A legal loophole allows ex-cops with lifetime bans from law enforcement to search, cite and arrest people on and around university campuses A legal loophole allows former law enforcement officers with ...

A Grants Pass case before the Supreme Court will decide if punishing homeless residents is cruel and unusual ...

Casey Neill and the Norway Rats’ new album, ‘Sending up Flares’ embraces collectivity, community and love ...

“It is a parallel to taxation without representation,” Anita Davidson, a downtown condominium owner, said. “I just don’t call it that because they have worked around state property tax laws such that ...