Portlanders turned out to Quartet restaurant, Friday May 10, to celebrate Stevie Wonder's 63^rd birthday.

Oregon's First Lady, Cylvia Hayes, spoke at Portland Community College's Cascade campus May 9, about the state's newest anti-poverty efforts

The Portland African American Leadership Forum held its second intergenerational forum May 14.

Dr. Janice Vaughn will speak as part of the African American Chamber of Commerce After Hours Program: 6:30p.m. -9 p.m. May 14, at the Ambridge Event Center, 1333 N.E. Martin Luther King Blvd.

Four gun bills have been sent back to the Rules committee because they don't have enough votes to pass the Oregon Legislature. Meanwhile, Multnomah county and Portland city leaders are taking action aimed at reducing gun deaths.

A $200,000 grant from Bank of America will help Dress for Success Oregon fulfill its mission of helping women move out of poverty and up the career ladder.

New Columbia residents on Section 8 subsidies had a bad shock last week: They received letters informing them their rent is going up by as much as 50 percent. Luckily, the letters were wrong.

The chair of the Oregon Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs this month officially apologized to Gov. John Kitzhaber for making racially insensitive comments about Black students and their families during a public hearing.

Oregon's District Attorneys are lobbying hard against the Governor's prison reform bill. But Corrections Director Collete Peters, Former Chief Justice Paul Muniz and many others --not known for being "soft on crime" -- are behind it. Here's why...

After more than a year of study Oregon's Public Safety Commission has come out with 19 recommendations to reduce prison spending while improving public safety. This session the Oregon Legislature will vote on the proposals, in the form of House Bill 3194.