The Portland Ombudsman’s office says U visa program needs policy and training updates Editor’s note: This story discusses domestic violence. An investigation shows the Portland Police Bureau wrongly dismissed dozens of visa applications from undocumented ...
21 Jun 2023 - Piper McDaniel
Marin Jurgens shares what motivates her work, creating an ethnographic comic and more The Portland State University Collaborative Comics Project aims to change the narrative around homelessness through ethnographic cartooning based on the experiences of ...
12 Jan 2022 - Sarah Hansell
Alex Doran works directly with female prisoners at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility despite serious allegations D espite facing felony charges for domestic violence, the Oregon Department of Corrections has allowed Alex Doran to keep his job as a correc ...
24 Mar 2021 - Emily Green
An examination of the state's bail system shows that it might not be achieving its goals Alice Jackson, 55, was poised to spend Christmas inside a Multnomah County jail cell following her arrest on Nov. 24. “I was real depressed when I couldn’t come ...
25 Jan 2019 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | I wasn’t born hating women. No one is. I developed a sense of entitlement after years of privilege. The first person to confront me on my misogyny was my fiancée in college. Deborah and I had a heated argument. She started to walk away, and I ...
7 Sep 2018 - Dustin Dandliker
The midfielder is a phenomenal athlete – with a bent for human rights, fine literature and rock ’n’ roll El Maestro. El Rey. St. Valeri. Since arriving in Portland in 2013, Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri has accumulated an array of adoring nicknames. Wi ...
8 Jun 2017 - Jules Boykoff
Allowing abusers to possess firearms — right up until they kill — is unconscionable It happened again. Another case of domestic violence resulting in a murder. Just this week in San Bernadino, Calif., a man walked into his wife’s place of work – an elemen ...
15 Apr 2017 - SR editorial board
State lawmakers will consider tightening a law that gives some abusers access to firearms UPDATE: On March 5, 2018, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill to close the "Boyfriend Loophole" into law. Carsen thought she was going to visit an old fr ...
12 Apr 2017 - Sarah Hansell
Service providers for women in crisis align with housing groups this legislative session Finding a safe place to stay when fleeing an abusive relationship remains a nearly insurmountable challenge for many domestic violence survivors in Portland’s tight a ...
29 Jan 2016 - Emily Green
Oregon laws generally protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking FEATURED STORY: How Portland’s rental market is making a bad situation worse for domestic violence survivors. Domestic violence survivors renting in Oregon have severa ...
5 Nov 2015 - Emily Green