The Flying Focus Video Collective recently marked its 20^th year of producing documentary-style cable television programming about progressive issues and organizations.

Do you know a teenager who has been processed for incarceration through the adult Coffee Creek Correctional Facility? The nonprofit Partnership for Safety and Justice wants to know how juveniles are being treated there, as part of a research project to bolster new legislation keeping youths out of adult jails.

Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske says the administration's new drug policies will usher in a more enlightened public health approach, based on science and what we know works. About 20 million U.S. adults, more than one in 10 of us, regularly use illegal drugs. And for years, the 'War on Drugs' has sent millions of drug users, growers and sellers to prison, branded as felons.

Specific reviews are being conducted on the home foreclosure practices of Ally Bank/ GMAC, Aurora Bank, Bank of America, Citibank, EverBank, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, MetLife, OneWest, PNC, Sovereign Bank, SunTrust, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo

More than 1900 volunteer dentists, hygienists, and community helpers, set up a giant dental office in the Oregon Convention Center Monday. Organized by the Oregon Dental Association, the Mission of Mercy effort will deliver free dental care to 2,000 people who don't have insurance or the means to pay for treatment. 

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) -- A magnitude 4.6 earthquake rattled an isolated area of Washington state near the Canadian border.

He says many of his patients regret not seeking attention sooner rather than letting it make their lives miserable. On the staff of The Aspen Spine and Neurosurgery Center affiliated with Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, Dr. Ward spoke with The Skanner News about what causes neck and back pain, what can fix it, and why so many people don't.

Occupy Portland Information and Action Center with information and links to live stream, video, twitter articles, graphics on the Occupy Movement

Rue Mapp travels around the country as a blogger for her website, www.OutdoorAfro.com. But just this year her efforts at encouraging more people to get active and shape a relationship with nature has taken off, with invitations to the White House and an advisory role on Fist Lady Michelle Obama's 'Let's Move' initiative

Native American children are our future. So when will we start caring that their families are too poor to feed and care for them?