/tags/bend Bend en-US Copyright Sat, 14 Sep 2024 01:10:29 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-09-13/for-this-poet-laureate-the-land-is-her-muse Oregon's new Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, recently spoke to JPR's Vanessa Finney about the state's literary landscape. Sat, 14 Sep 2024 01:10:29 GMT /music-arts-culture/2024-09-13/for-this-poet-laureate-the-land-is-her-muse Vanessa Finney /race-and-ethnicity/2024-04-15/bend-spotlighted-in-national-dei-backlash-following-city-meeting-hate-speech More than 60 Oregon cities have diversity, equity and inclusion programs. But as the City of Bend recently saw, a national political movement to end these programs can energize hatred toward local leaders. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 01:00:47 GMT /race-and-ethnicity/2024-04-15/bend-spotlighted-in-national-dei-backlash-following-city-meeting-hate-speech Emily Cureton