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Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 16 March 2017

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Read Jamila Singleton Munson and Rita Moore’s answers to questions on disproportionate discipline, infrastructure

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Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 16 March 2017

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Portland’s newest residents are more diverse than the region -- except when it comes to African Americans

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Written by Christen McCurdy

Published: 16 March 2017

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Details are unavailable on the suspension of two officers of color, but AMA asks that leadership reflect the communities police serve

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Published: 14 March 2017

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Everett is suing Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid pain medication OxyContin

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Written by ED WHITE, Associated Press

Published: 13 March 2017

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Wrong bullets at center of Michigan Innocence Clinic bid to establish innocence

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Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 09 March 2017

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Know Your City, Portland’s Resistance launch series of conversations

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Written by Christen McCurdy

Published: 09 March 2017

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HB 2215 would upend ordinances that criminalize resting outside

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Published: 07 March 2017

 

HB 2355 curbs police profiling and reduces small drug possession charges to misdemeanors

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Published: 06 March 2017

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NAACP-Snohomish County Branch has questions about the escalating violence in communities of color

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Written by Melanie Sevcenko

Published: 02 March 2017

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Program attempts to reduce recidivism by working directly with parolees