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Bradley W. Parks/OPBMore 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. -
Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight LocalBlack women are three times more likely than any other women to die during or immediately after pregnancy. California lawmakers passed a law in 2019 requiring hospitals to train labor and delivery staff on unconscious bias in medicine.
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The Oregon state agency charged with monitoring discrimination in workplaces across the state was itself a hostile work environment for the Black woman who was hired to head the civil rights division of the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries. A Multnomah County Circuit Court jury awarded Carol Johnson $1.7 million dollars on Monday, supporting her claim she faced a hostile workplace and race discrimination.
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Reports of racial, ethnic and anti-LGBTQ bias increased again in 2022, a new report from Oregon鈥檚 Criminal Justice Commission showed. -
The reparations task force meets Saturday in Oakland. It may vote to recommend a state apology and payments to African Americans based on years living in state. -
Local Black leaders gathered in Ashland Tuesday night to discuss growing concerns about white nationalism in Southern Oregon. -
Police said the men were planning to riot in several areas of downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. -
The president visited the supermarket where last weekend's deadly shooting took place, then forcefully denounced white supremacy and the racist "Replacement" theory that inspired the shooter. -
This averages out to more than 13 such attacks a week. -
The former president alleged in Texas over the weekend that Black prosecutors investigating him are "racist." And that was not the first example in recent weeks of Trump employing racist rhetoric. -
A new report found stark racial inequality across California. Advocates hope that the 2022 state budget will offer some solutions. -
This January, the parks agency will invite the public to attend meetings to continue to reimagine how the new Sutter鈥檚 Fort should be reinterpreted. -
The Nobel Peace laureate and archbishop emeritus campaigned against a system he called evil and, after apartheid, helped the nation heal as head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. -
The task force heard from experts about how the building of state highways and investment in certain forms of transportation have disproportionately hurt African Americans in California.
