Musician Esperanza Spalding Is Raising Money to Build a “BIPOC Artist Sanctuary” in North Portland

Called the City Sanctuary, it would include a cafe, an “eco-poetics reading room,” a half-acre organic garden and two “garden studios.” Grammy-winning jazz and R&B musician Esperanza Spalding has launched…

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A majority of Americans say policing should be reformed. But most white people still don’t think police treat Black people differently

The high profile killing of George Floyd and subsequent trial has forced many Americans to examine systemic racism and its role in criminal justice over the last year. A new…

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New Racial Justice Bureau at California Dept. of Justice Will Support State’s Reparations Task Force

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on May 11 that he has created a new bureau within the Department of Justice (DOJ) dedicated to fighting discrimination and investigating hate crimes.     Bonta said the…

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