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History
Pentagon website removes, then restores, page honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient
Charles C. Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1970. But a profile of the Vietnam War veteran was caught in an "auto removal process," the Defense Department says.

Business
Black farmers among those left in limbo amid federal funding freeze
The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting for equity in farming.
Portland facility works to break down cultural barriers to psilocybin therapy
The Cora Center is the first psilocybin facility in the state that is run by majority BIPOC and LGBTQ+ facilitators. They help clients from those groups get over cultural barriers to treatment, like trauma and stigma.

Politics
Voting for president while Black and mixed race in Bend
Skyler Brown-Evans sees herself represented on the top of this year's ticket, that also means she has had to deal with strangers engaging her in a topic people are often told to avoid: politics. Despite having to deal with heightened racism this election cycle, she's excited to vote.

Democrats hope to tap the power of Latinas to win over the men in their lives
Democrats hope to use the influence of Latina women who back Vice President Harris to win over Latino men who are backing former President Donald Trump.

Some plant names can be racist. Scientists are looking to rename them
An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word.

Politics
Oregon attorney general candidates bring competing visions to the role
The race shows no sign of the massive spending voters saw 12 years ago — that will likely wait until the general election in November. But the three candidates do offer meaningful differences in how they’d like to do the job of Oregon’s top lawyer.

Arts
A Portland photographer documented Black cowboys across the US for a new book
"There are Black cowboys pretty much everywhere. I mean, there are Black cowboys here in Portland, Oregon, where I live, which I think is the last place that I would have expected to find them," said photographer Ivan McClellan, who now runs his own rodeo.

Culture
120 years ago, ‘The Advocate’ became a voice for Black Oregonians
Civil rights activist and journalist Beatrice Cannady led the newspaper’s decades-long fight against racism and discrimination.

Michael Oher of ‘The Blind Side’ says he wasn’t adopted, but put in a conservatorship
Oher alleged Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy presented him with a document establishing a conservatorship shortly after he moved in with him, and said it was "for all intents and purposes, an adoption.