OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians suffered a traumatic incident during his second tour in Iraq that triggered "tremendous depression," his lawyer said Wednesday.

Democrats and marriage equality advocates are in an uproar over newly unsealed documents showing an anti-gay organization's strategy to discredit the president – and pit Black and Latino leaders against gay voters.

The iUrban Teen Summit offers tech career advice and an opportunity to try the latest gadgets. Set for April 7 event at the University of Portland, you can register online.

Black men and teens are invited to a public forum 6 p.m. Tuesday March 27. at Self Enhancement Inc, 3920 North Kirby Ave. Portland.

 A crowd of people wearing hoodies gathered in Peninsula Park in North Portland early Saturday to express support for the family of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen who was shot dead Feb. 26 on a trip to the store to buy candy and an iced tea.

This spring in North and Northeast Portland, a handful of new activist movements against racism, homelessness and foreclosure have been joined by Decolonize PDX -- which is placing the prison industrial complex front and center.

Portland holds events to support for Trayvon Martin and his family, plus latest Trayvon News from around the web

An Oregon resident -- who has requested anonymity because she hasn't yet told her family that a $400 loan turned into a $1,000 nightmare -- has helped touch off a national effort by Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) to regulate the billion-dollar offshore payday lending industry.

Longtime Washington State political figure Charles Rolland died yesterday at age 61.

Oregon Public Broadcasting today confirmed that the GOP presidential debate planned at their studios March 19 has been cancelled.