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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 25 November 2019

A new report provides an update on racial disparities in Multnomah County’s justice system, serves as a starting point for strategies to promote equity

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 22 November 2019

T-Dub Customs artist Takiyah Ward (photo by Susan Fried)

The event at Estelita's Library celebrated the largest collection of Black Panther newspapers

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 21 November 2019

Photo courtesy Rev. E.D. Mondaine

A nonprofit coalition of brick building argued that being required to post placards on their front doors violated their First and 14th Amendment Rights

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 21 November 2019

Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty

Eudaly proposes workgroups, feedback process through 2023

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 20 November 2019

People wearing face masks duck down as they walk at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed Senator Merkley's bipartisan legislation, which follows reports that U.S.-made equipment has been used by Hong Kong police to violate the human rights of peaceful protesters

Details: Written by Sunny Shin, Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University; Published: 19 November 2019

(shutterstock.com/lightspring via The Conversation)

Surgeon General of California, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is pushing an unprecedented plan to implement universal screenings for childhood trauma within the state’s schools

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 14 November 2019

In honor of Veterans Day, Monday, Merkley, Brown, Reed, Van Hollen introduced legislation to extend financial protections for servicemembers to veterans and consumers