Governor Kate Brown and State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton defended
Oregon’s marijuana industry in letters to US Attorney General Jeff
Sessions. Sessions has been hinting at a crackdown on states such as Oregon
that have legalized pot in defiance of federal law,...
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President Donald Trump has partially unveiled his new plan for the country of
Afghanistan; a plan that might see the US Military presence in the region
increase by four-thousand troops. Moves like this have far-reaching
consequences across the globe and must be carefull...
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Events last week in Charlottesville have triggered mass solidarity movements
in cities across the U-S, including the city of Portland. On Friday
evening, at least a thousand people gathered at the Portland waterfront for
the “Eclipse Hate: Solidarity with Charlottesvill...
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Earlier today in Barcelona, a van drove into a crowd, killing 13 people and
injuring more than 100 others. In what police are declaring is a terrorist
attack, the white van plowed through Las Ramblas, a popular tourist area.
This occurred less than a week after a simil...
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Portland will be having a Rally Against Transgender Employment Discrimination
on Thursday. It will be held at eight-hundred North East Oregon Street at the
State of Oregon building, off of Lloyd boulevard. Currently, the Oregon
Bureau of Labor and Industries does not adv...
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In the aftermath of last weekend’s tragedy in Charlottesville in which 3
people lost their lives and 19 more were injured, more far right rallies are
scheduled for this weekend in 9 cities across the country. Prominently
among these will take place in Boston where many ...
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Numerous members of Congress and other officials joined in condemning
Saturday’s racist attack and in calling out Nazis and other violent
rightwing extremists. Many also expressed their disappointment and even
outrage at the slow, lackluster response from the current pr...
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