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Editor’s note: Numerous pseudonyms were used in this story because sources feared reprisal from the Trump administration. A career U.S. Army National Guard officer suspects his fellow citizen-soldiers ...

Kelly Clendenon’s “Helpers” tells stories of homelessness, addiction, and struggle, including his own experience — and those who helped him along the way Editor’s note: This story discusses drug use.

One of the first major housing initiatives under Portland’s new form of government is on track to return to City Council after being derailed by concerns that it would attract lawsuits. Portland City ...

Zenith Energy’s fossil fuel storage and transport facility faces criticism for potential environmental dangers, particularly in the event of an earthquake. Portland City Council and a fossil fuel ...

Dr. Helen Riess, author of 'The Empathy Effect,' says the way we communicate can influence how and what we feel for others Empathy can be learned, and it can be lost. Every time a person chooses to ...

For over 60 years, Lil’ Sambo’s Family Restaurant in Lincoln City has been a self-proclaimed “coastal landmark,” named after a children’s book famous for its racist illustrations. Now, Oregonians are ...

For many housed people, there is a tendency to conflate unhoused populations with violent crime and danger, but crime rates tell a different story. Editor's note: This story contains graphic ...

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 ...

The Housing First pioneer explains why the policy of housing a person before attempting to fix their underlying issues works best In the late 1980s and early ’90s, on both ends of the country, the ...

Anti-homeless policy has been a staple of cities the world over, whether those policies be forthright, like loitering laws and sit-lie ordinances, or peppered into a city’s infrastructure and public ...

A carceral response to public inebriates — once narrowly focused on low-income people downtown — caused people to search for a better way, fueling the creation of HADIN In the mid-1980s, the most dire ...