News & Commentary

Multiple articles and experts over the past week have emphasized the racial disparities, surge of arrests, and overall ineffectiveness that will result from recriminalizing drug addiction.

Today, Oregon’s lawmakers knowingly took us backwards. By passing HB 4002 which recriminalizes drug addiction, they chose to send our most vulnerable neighbors to jail instead of treatment.

Jackie Yerby's written and personal testimony in support of SB 1583A — Freedom to Read, February 15, 2024

A former Oregon teacher's personal and written testimony in support of SB 1583, submitted to the Senate Committee on Education on February 15, 2024.

As two lawsuits challenge affirmative action policies in military academies, Black women veterans reflect on the need for more leaders of color.

Her actions remind us that compassionate mercy and restorative justice are not in conflict with public safety.

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865: Two months after the end of the Civil War, and more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas and announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people in the state were free at last.

Public safety considerations for you as you fill out your ballot!

In 2020, Oregon farmworkers made less than $20,000 a year on average. Their hard work supports our entire economy and puts food on our tables. They deserve to be paid for every hour of their essential, difficult, and often dangerous work.