The historical impact of sexual violence in Native communities explains why some are not welcome in our spiritual spaces Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. T he prisoner hierarchy is simple, good dudes at the ...
18 May 2022 - Ga lo Vann
What is it like to hold a crossroads within your body? For many American Muslims, our identities have become a crossroads between familiar and foreign. Between safety and danger. Between belonging and othering. In the years prior to 9/11, people were igno ...
13 Oct 2021 - Anjabeen Ashraf
The pastor and social-justice activist who renewed the Poor People’s Campaign is coming to Portland to talk about a ‘moral revival’ The Rev. William J. Barber II is calling for a moral revival and a new reconstruction. The North Carolina pastor and activi ...
8 Nov 2019 - Christen McCurdy
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
The 13-year-old Palestinian journalist and activist sits down with Street Roots to share her perspective on what’s happening to children in the West Bank Sounds of explosives reverberate in the background of the video posted to Facebook on April 20, 2018. ...
9 Aug 2019 - Emily Green
The New York Times journalists discusses his new book, which chronicles the rise of anti-Semitism in the age of Donald Trump “I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.” According to authorities, these are the wor ...
22 Feb 2019 - Ashley Archibald
The Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice works with more than 140 faith communities in Oregon “Unshackle Oregon. Let our people go!” It was one of the chants that could be heard through the rain on the first Friday of October at a rally in Hood Rive ...
12 Oct 2018 - Sarah Hansell
With his creations, the cartoonist throws a mighty shield at the hate and prejudice he’s experienced On the first floor of Wing Luke Museum in the International District of Seattle, several cartoons of people wearing turbans accompanied by succinct statem ...
29 Jun 2018 - Lisa Edge
Imam Abdulah Polovina strives to foster understanding among Muslims and non-Muslims alike As he walked softly across the plush, carpet-covered floor of his Southeast Portland mosque, Imam Abdulah Polovina explained that in Islam, there are “99 Beautiful N ...
26 Jan 2018 - Emily Green
Presbyterian minister John Shuck doesn’t believe in God. His progressive Beaverton church challenges traditional ideas of Christianity. The Rev. John Shuck doesn’t believe in God. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t consider himself a Christian. Shuck, who h ...
22 Dec 2017 - Sarah Hansell