As providers are dealing with increasing numbers of out-of-state patients, rural Oregonians also face a lack of access The leaked Supreme Court draft revealing the likely reversal of the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade is reverberating acros ...
25 May 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
RBG was a champion for reproductive freedom, equal pay and pregnancy accommodations, and her work carries on through these advocates T he late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has long been acclaimed for carrying the weight of progressive issues in the Supreme ...
7 Oct 2020 - Hanna Merzbach
National Catholic Reporter correspondent Heidi Schlumpf is coming to Portland to talk about resistance both inside and outside the church Heidi Schlumpf has reported on issues of religion, spirituality and social justice for three decades, most recently a ...
27 Sep 2019 - Casey Miller
‘Waking the Witch’ author Pam Grossman says her activism and her magic are intertwined Pam Grossman is a writer, curator, practicing witch, and teacher of magical practice and history. Her new book, “Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Powe ...
20 Sep 2019 - Casey Miller
Despite consistent allegations by several women who said they were abused as inmates, doubts about other accusers’ claims meant charges weren’t filed This report contains potentially triggering details of an alleged sexual assault and may not be suitable ...
5 Apr 2019 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar-winning movie highlights the struggle of the profession Mexico City, 1970. Cleo’s alarm sounds very early in the morning. She gets up and climbs down the stairs from her rooftop room in the upper-middle-class house wher ...
1 Mar 2019 - Karina Patricio... and Arely Cruz-Santiago
Brenda Tracy is working to combat rape culture in sports The president. The Supreme Court. Hollywood. Journalism. Restaurants. Comedy. No aspect of American life has been untouched by sexual assault, sexual harassment and #MeToo, including the world of co ...
2 Nov 2018 - Jason Cohen
A conversation with NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon’s Grayson Dempsey After a recent string of right-wing rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court was followed by swing-voter Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement, the stability of Roe v. Wade and the futur ...
6 Jul 2018 - Emily Green
In addition to their humanitarian work, they teach women and girls self-defense and that 'they can be as strong and as powerful as a man' Nuns from the Himalayan Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism go into communities to teach women and girls how ...
9 Mar 2018 - Tony Inglis
She launched the movement more than 10 years ago to support black girls. Today, she fears the hashtag could alienate marginalized groups. A recurring question Tarana Burke is asked by men is: “Can you teach me how I can do better?” “‘Do I have to teach yo ...
9 Feb 2018 - Sandra Pandevski