Protesters from Poor People’s Campaign, Oregon’s Democratic Socialists of America, Jobs With Justice and other organizations will meet in front of the state capitol building in Salem Monday, May 21…
Chilean Catholic bishops resign over sex abuse scandal
On May 17, 2018, all 34 of Chile’s Roman Catholic bishops offered their resignations in the wake of yet another child sex abuse scandal coming to light. The announcement came…
Fourth annual Culturally Responsive Symposium highlights effective activism
Portland State’s Diversity Action Council, in partnership with the Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion, hosted its fourth annual Culturally Responsive Symposium on May 10 in Smith Memorial Student Union….
Unrest in Nicaragua
On Monday, April 18, President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua approved a social security reform for the Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguridad Social, raising tensions in an already polarized country. The reform…
Native Perspectives take a stand
Native American women are murdered at rates 10 times higher than most United States citizens. This was just one of many issues discussed at “Native Perspectives on Arts, Culture and…
Media’s misunderstanding of queerness
We often rush to label people, especially celebrities, when they show any sign of being non-straight and/or non-cisgender. Media tend to mislabel those who have come out that don’t fit…
Israeli PM called insensitive after serving Japanese PM dessert in a shoe
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn accusations of cultural insensitivity after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his wife Akie Abe were served dessert in a dish shaped like…
‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’
Lynne Ramsay’s 2011 film We Need to Talk About Kevin is a difficult film to watch and to talk about because it asks viewers to address the presence of mass…
Rigoletto Opening Night at Portland Opera
The Portland Opera hosted the opening night of Giuseppe Verdi’s 1851 opera Rigoletto at Keller Auditorium on Friday, May 4, which brought the house to its feet and left the…
Post-midterm chill
CNT U SEE – Jamie Isaac, Couch Baby (Revisited) (2016) Foreplay – Jalen Santoy, Charlie Eastern (2016) Gold feat. Mick Jenkins – High Klassified, Kronostasis (2015) MICHIGAN – BROCK HAMPTON,…
Workers discuss the fate of labor journalism
Directors of worker-owned news publications and their readers gathered in the basement of the Northeast Portland nonprofit Jobs With Justice on May 9 to discuss the current state and future…