Activism

The decision ends a decade-long fight led by 11 young Oregonians and 10 of their peers across the nation against the U.S. government over climate inaction.

Some unionized faculty called for the university to abandon layoff plans while student groups against the war in Gaza doubled down on demands for PSU to end its relationship with Boeing.

Who was the badass woman who became the namesake for Portland’s only lesbian bar? Dr. Marie Equi was born in 1872 and came to Oregon at the age of 20. She became known as a radical and lived an extraordinary life.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals previously ordered the case dismissed in 2020, saying that the job of determining the nation’s climate policies should fall to politicians, not judges.

How Betty Niven went from petitioning her city council for a sidewalk to

Both groups can be seen in the spotlight as abortion and gun violence take hold of the national conversation. Though similar in name, each stands behind different political issues.

Portland youth activists rallied at City Hall and planned to march through the city to expose “climate villains.”

The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, will soon celebrate its 113th birthday, which its leaders say comes as it undergoes a restructuring to reflect a membership and leadership that is trending younger.

The new exhibit “MESH” the Portland Art Museum features Indigenous contemporary artists advocating for change.

Attorneys for 21 young people suing the federal government over climate change say settlement talks with the U.S. Department of Justice have failed.