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Details: Written by Donovan M. Smith; Published: 17 November 2015

Blacks make up more than 20 percent of the city’s houseless, but 7 percent of its population as a whole

Details: Written by Arashi Young; Published: 12 November 2015

Gov. Kate Brown appears at the groundbreaking for the school, which aims to help at-risk students

Details: Written by Donovan M. Smith and Arashi Young; Published: 12 November 2015

The community gathered to reflect on 40 years of The Skanner

Details: Written by Christen McCurdy; Published: 12 November 2015

On Tuesday Nkenge Harmon Johnson, President and CEO of the Urban League of Portland, sent a letter saying the Oregon Department of Justice was conducting digital surveillance of users of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag -- a charge the department has confirmed.

Attorney General confirms DOJ conducted digital surveillance on users of the hashtag

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 07 November 2015

Portland's Annual Veterans Day Parade will start at 9:45 am

Details: Written by Donovan M. Smith; Published: 05 November 2015

As he gears to release the follow-up to his debut project, the native Portland recording artist looks to find more opportunity in the Golden State

Details: Written by Arashi Young; Published: 05 November 2015

Rates among Black women now compare to those of White women

Details: Written by Donna Gordon Blankinship, Associated Press; Published: 02 November 2015

Signage hangs from a closed Chipotle restaurant in Portland, Ore., Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. Chipotle voluntarily closed down 43 of its locations in Washington and the Portland area as a precaution after an E. coli outbreak linked to six of its restaurants in the two states has sickened nearly two dozen people. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Nearly two dozen people have been sickened by an E. coli outbreak from Chipotle restaurants in Oregon and Washington states