Multnomah County Board of Supervisors Thursday, convening as the County Board of Health, voted to ban reusable drinks containers made with the toxic chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) – often found in baby bottles, sippy cups, and reusable water bottles.

What have Portland's energy problems got to do with East Portland? Author Richard Heinberg says the future of oil matters to all of us.

Sunshine Division took a delivery of 25,000 pounds of holiday hams Thursday. The police-sponsored nonprofit feeds 10,000 Portland-area families a year. Smithfield foods, in partnership with the United Food and Commercial Workers union, donated the hams, which equal to 100,000 servings of protein.
 

While violent crime is trending downwards, reentry officials say the number of incarcerated women is on an upswing – and so is the number of women making their way back to their communities after serving time.

Set your course for a 21st Century where Black Americans have the power to create wealth and jobs. That's the message from Mike Green, a blogger and former journalist, will be the keynote speaker at the Skanner Foundation's 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast.

A man shot in North Portland Friday Oct. 21 has died. Deandre Clark, 25, is said to be the victim of  gang violence.

 Q&A with Lewis and Clark Professor Andrae Brown: "We Can Unlearn Violence"

In the last year, 27 Oregonians have lost their lives to domestic violence. Three others killed themselves after killing their partners. To remember the victims, and to draw attention to these preventable tragedies, the Portland's Women's Crisis Line held a vigil from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 20, at Dawson Park in North Portland.

Too often African American students lose interest in school because the curriculum is irrelevant to their lives. That was the thrust of the Teaching with Purpose Conference, hosted by Portland Public Schools teacher Karanja Crews and the Journey to Freedom Foundation.