you say “safety in numbers” like it’s some kind of moral truth. like sticking close to your people makes you good. like building community means locking the door tighter. but you walk past tents like ...

The city of Portland has steadily tried to resist federal policy directives from the Trump administration, particularly ...

I have long believed that Israel was a place where the wrongs and violence and harm of the past were to be acknowledged, studied, and prevented from ever happening again. In the days since 10/7/2023 I ...

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is suing the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office for civil rights violations, after deputies forced two Muslim women to remove their hijabs and ...

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