News & Commentary

Here’s a handy reference of facts when discussing abortion rights with friends and family at the dinner table.

It is critical that the courts maintain robust First Amendment protections for people to record, share, and stream police interactions. Our ability to speak about police abuses depends on it.

A student and two teachers in Oklahoma share how a new censorship bill has curtailed important discussions about race and gender in the classroom.

We remember Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and stand with Gauge Grosskreutz. We mourn with their families and their communities. We mourn for all Black people harmed and killed by racist police systems and white supremacy.

The massive show of force from 40 law enforcement agencies in Kenosha didn’t make anyone safer.

Politicians are using every trick in the book in their attempts to force people to stay pregnant against their will — and they’re trying to recruit the Supreme Court to help them.

Women attorneys shared concerns about pay inequity and retaliation at the Office of Public Defense Services (OPDS). The ACLU of Oregon asked for an investigation. OPDS has started an investigation by an outside investigator. We encourage everyone with information to participate in the investigation.

Each artist created an image of what Systemic Equality could look like — a vision of a more inclusive and equitable future for America.

It’s time to understand that shaming girls is harmful and discriminatory and makes it unnecessarily stressful for us to get an education.