News & Commentary

In May, we teamed up with the Lewis and Clark Criminal Justice Reform Clinic to file a lawsuit on behalf of Terri Carlisle, a 60-year-old woman who was denied medication and subjected to foul conditions and cruel treatment in the Douglas County jail. Terri shares the story of her incarceration.

Cristina Alonso, a 22-year-old college student from Spain, planned to visit Oregon for six weeks this summer. Instead, border agents sent her to NORCOR jail in the The Dalles for over 48 hours. Her friend, Professor Laurie Bridges, shares the shocking story.

Our legal observers have been monitoring ICE activity at Washington County Court for months. Last week, as an interfaith vigil against ICE arrests at the courthouse was going on steps away, plainclothes agents surrounded a Latino man and started to harass him and his wife.

A county jail in The Dalles has been unlawfully housing immigration detainees in inhumane conditions, largely under the radar of most Oregonians.

They Report to You, our new campaign for district attorney accountability, has clearly struck a nerve.

We are saddened and disgusted by the violence and senseless killing in Charlottesville today. We condemn violence. We unequivocally reject white supremacy in all its forms and commit to actively fight against it in our work everyday...

Our current procedure for presidential elections is historically flawed. HB 2927 furthers the democratic principle of “one person, one vote.”

A local mother is sharing her story to help support a bill that would open grand jury proceedings in Oregon. She has struggled to get information from the court after her son was shot by police.

This weekend, Portland was a microcosm of all that is fundamental and also frightening about the First Amendment. We saw the resolute power of our fundamental freedoms of speech and assembly when we collectively came together to drown out bigotry.