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Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 26 February 2014

The City of Portland, The Department of Justice and the Portland Police Association are urging a federal judge to sign off on a civil rights settlement agreement. But dozens of community advocates asked the judge to reject it.

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 26 February 2014

Portland Police Bureau releases report showing officers stop and search African Americans more than others. But PPB says it’s not racial profiling; it’s because African Americans live in high-crime areas.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 25 February 2014

The number of active hate groups across the Northwest dropped last year compared to 2012.

Details: Written by Hannah Dreier, Associated Press; Published: 24 February 2014

Meet five billionaires who say the economy doesn't function efficiently when the wealth gap is wide. Their solutions? Pay workers more or give their money back to the government to redistribute.

Details: Written by Josh Boak, AP Economics Writer; Published: 21 February 2014

Atlanta, San Francisco and Miami top the list of cities where the gap between the wealthy and the poor is most extreme.

Details: Written by Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press; Published: 21 February 2014

Oregon Democrats want unclaimed money from class action lawsuits to go into a fund with interest income used to fund legal aid lawyers. Lawyers who represent some of the corporations paying those damages, disagree.

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 19 February 2014

If you missed The Skanner Foundation’s Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, you can watch it on television.

about-youth

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 18 February 2014

Multnomah County has won federal support for its efforts to keep youth on probation at home in their families and communities, instead of sending them away to youth institutions.

Details: Written by Lisa Loving; Published: 18 February 2014

King County Executive Dow Constantine last week boosted his effort to coordinate government agencies in disaster response

about-settlement

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 February 2014

Police accountability activists are preparing to testify at a fairness hearing, Tuesday, Feb. 18, on the proposed settlement between the City of Portland and the Department of Justice.