First Portland park named for black woman Charlotte Rutherford visits the park re-named for her late mother, Verdell Burdine Rutherford,...

Calling out racism as a public health epidemic Sirius Bonner Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette believes reproductive freedom will...

Principal says priority now is community healing A historic bronze statute commemorating the namesake for Jefferson High School is...

Supreme Court upholds landmark civil rights law The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (AP photo) (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday...

Court prepared to meet COVID-19 restrictions Jeremy Christian (AP photo) Sentencing for Jeremy Christian, the Portland man found guilty...

Multnomah County Chair takes action for racial healing Portland’s annual Juneteenth Parade, commemorating the abolition of slavery, makes...

Jefferson seniors reflect back in special issue Our special issue honors the Jefferson High School Class of 2020. The Portland Observer...

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Early member of Pointer Sisters dies at 69 Bonnie Pointer attends the 100th anniversary of The Beverly Hills Hotel in this 2012 archive...