A prominent low-income housing developer took more than a year to fix potentially dangerous code violations at its Milepost 5 building, even after receiving millions in public funds to improve living ...

Gabi Huffman recalled being near a breaking point. After leaving what she called a “really bad relationship,” she was living in a church basement shelter with her daughter, who was three months old at ...

In her works, Le Guin explored humanity’s darkness — and potential for redemption. The exhibit will display art installations, manuscripts, ephemera and more. On a personal level, I have a few things ...

Cottonwood School is scrambling to move into a new building just weeks before the start of the school year, saying federal agents’ treatment of protesters endangers students A K-8 school adjacent to ...

The switch to working and shopping from home, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, dramatically changed downtown Portland. It’s high tech, not high taxes, emptying downtown office buildings. Killing ...

For residents of the Laureate, rent is permanently affordable. Their homes are publicly owned and governed with their input. The Laureate, in Montgomery County, Maryland, is an early example of social ...

On the streets of downtown Portland on June 18, masked federal agents pulled over and arrested a Colombian man who had just left immigration court. The incident, caught on video and first reported by ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. As the city of Portland clawed its way out of the pandemic, it faced a new set of crises: The city’s homeless population was growing ...

Oregonians use thousands of single-use beverage containers every day. Recycling them is a low-barrier job for Portlanders known as ‘canners.’ Scott Atkins started collecting and recycling cans and ...

Portland would normally collect up front from developers unwilling to meet the city’s affordable housing standards. Block 216’s switcheroo delayed its payment. Now, it may never pay. When developers ...

Oregon’s immigrant farmworkers on contract with H-2A visas cannot quit, go on strike or take other jobs without risking immediate deportation. They must work for a specific farmer for a specific ...

Multnomah County Library’s newly renovated North Portland branch includes a Black Cultural Center decorated with art from local artists Sadé DuBoise, Melanie Stevens and Kayin Talton Davis. The Black ...