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Salomé Chimuku and Cameron Whitten co-founded the Black Resilience Fund in Portland, Ore. They've raised more than $2 million in the last year to help Black Portlanders.

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Portland Activists Built Resilience Fund Inspired By Racial Justice Protests

11:37am April 03, 2021

by Katia Riddle

During last spring's racial justice protests, a young man in Portland, Ore., realized that people wanted to do something beyond march. So, he created the Black Resilience Fund to offer small grants.

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Portland has been a hotbed of anti-police and racial justice demonstrations since the summer. Wednesday's scuffle between police and anti-fascist demonstrators became just the latest such event in several months punctuated by demonstrations that turned vi

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Portland Police Charge 8 After Demonstrators Vandalize Democratic Party Offices

11:09am January 21, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Anti-fascist protesters carried signs rejecting Joe Biden's presidency and scuffled with law enforcement in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (shown here on Nov. 10) has ordered new statewide restrictions to head off a resurgence in coronavirus cases.

Oregon Governor: Mitch McConnell Should 'Get Off His Duff' And Deliver Relief Funds

5:38pm November 17, 2020

Kate Brown, Oregon's Democratic governor, discusses why she's ordering new coronavirus restrictions and how she hopes the state can deal with the pandemic without more federal funding assistance.

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During the presidential debate on Tuesday night, President Trump claimed the "Portland sheriff" supports him.

Portland, Ore., Sheriff Says He 'Will Never Support' President Trump

1:57pm September 30, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"Donald Trump has made my job a hell of a lot harder since he started talking about Portland," says Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese. The president claimed that the "Portland sheriff" supports him.

Buildings are engulfed in flames as a wildfire ravages Talent, Ore., on Sept. 8, 2020. Unfounded rumors that left-wing activists were behind the fires went viral on social media, thanks to amplification by conspiracy theorists and the platforms' own desig

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Can Circuit Breakers Stop Viral Rumors On Facebook, Twitter?

6:36pm September 22, 2020

by Shannon Bond

False claims that blame left-wing activists for wildfires in Oregon have spread on social media. To stop the rumors, some experts say platforms should take inspiration from the stock market.

Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., on Friday.

Wildfires Latest: Helpful Weather; Oregon Official Warns Of 'Mass Fatality Incident'

6:03pm September 12, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

A change in weather conditions is being seen as a needed assist for nearly 30,000 fire personnel battling blazes. Authorities are also attempting to debunk online rumors about the cause of the fires.

A couple embrace Thursday while touring an area devastated by the Almeda Fire in Phoenix, Ore.

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'The Thing I Dread The Most Is Not Knowing': Western Wildfires Rage Amid Race To Flee

8:01pm September 11, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

One hundred large fires are burning in 12 states across the West — but just five of them have been contained, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

Federal officers deploy tear gas and crowd control munitions at demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest Tuesday at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Ore.

Oregon Gov. Says Federal Officers Will Begin Phased Withdrawal From Portland

6:00pm July 29, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said the federal agents sent to Portland acted as "an occupying force & brought violence." Brown says federal officers will leave starting Thursday.

A hotel employee helps a guest from behind protective plastic last month at the Ocean Lodge in Cannon Beach, Ore.

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Oregon Pauses Reopening As Coronavirus Cases Rise

3:42pm June 12, 2020

by Austin Horn

The pause comes just before Oregon's Multnomah County, the state's most populous county and home to Portland, was set to start its first phase of reopening.

Libertarian activist Ammon Bundy (second from right) prays during an Easter Sunday church service he organized despite concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in Emmett, Idaho.

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In Idaho, Far-Right Republicans Defy Coronavirus Health Restrictions

1:42pm April 13, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

In the rural Northwest, far-right elected officials and the militia movements they're aligned with are calling for defiance of stay-at-home orders like the one issued by Idaho's Republican governor.

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