The Justice Department and Portland, Oregon, have filed in federal court a binding agreement for the reform and monitoring of the city's police department.

Portland's largest employer will soon provide gender transition care to transgender employees.Other Oregon organizations that do so include the City of Portland, Multnomah County, Intel and New Seasons Market.

Actors at Curious Comedy theater have been working with students at Rosa Parks and Ockley Green schools to write true stories for the stage. The students got to see their stories performed by professional actors. This Saturday, Dec, 15, you can see them too.

The Oregon Leadership Network's Fall Leadership Institute: Putting Equity at the Center of Policy and Practice brought together more than 300 educators from across the state to plan how to raise achievement for Oregon students and eliminate disparities based on race, class and first language.

With the mall set to reopen Friday morning and sweeping debates about gun violence and more are playing out across the country, it's interesting to note the entire incident took just 22 minutes.

Civil rights groups in Seattle will rally to protest police brutality at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec, 15, on the corner of 23^rd Avenue and E. Union St.

With the help of Multnomah County and citizens of Portland, Brown hopes to trace the names of the people, help bring communities together and educate people on the city's often forgotten history.

Leaders from Washington's African American, Latino, Asian, Native American, and Middle Eastern communities gathered Monday in Seattle, Spokane, Olympia, Tacoma and the Tri-Cities to release the new report "Facing Race: 2012 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity."

After two boys aged 7 and 11 were arrested after threatening a woman with a loaded gun, they were returned home. Some say they should be in custody. But experts in youth violence say each case is different.

The Rosewood Initiative held a Holiday Party, Saturday Dec. 8.