Portland Street Response and other alternative public health and safety organizations are underfunded compared to city police departments, which in some cases leads to shuttering operations
The bill to make Oregon’s Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot a permanent diversion no longer includes “primary caretakers” alongside parents and guardians as eligible candidates to avoid incarceration
The new program aims to improve reentry outcomes, but critics question its effectiveness amid systemic health care issues in correctional facilities
Alissa Azar said her recent arrest is part of a larger pattern of escalating intimidation and harassment by local law enforcement
In this Q&A with Prism, ethnobotanist Karen Hall discusses Sagebrush in Prisons, a project that relies on the labor of incarcerated people to restore ecosystems where native plant species have been decimated
The Supreme Court on Friday, June 28, ruled on what many consider to be one of the most significant cases involving the rights of those experiencing homelessness in recent decades. In City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that cities have the right
The loss of the supplemental benefits will disproportionately impact Tribal communities, which are already food-insecure
Chosen family-inclusive leave policies offer flexibility for non-nuclear families and have precedent stretching back to the Vietnam War
Chinook leaders say the non-Native U.S. government’s arbitrary determinations of a tribe’s status or legitimacy is the ultimate example of white supremacy
Learning Indigenous history can shift how students think about Native peoples, but funding and standardization affect the success of these initiatives
As climate change raises temperatures, outdoor workers face increasingly dangerous and deadly working conditions
In New Haven, Connecticut, a promise program strives to be much more than a scholarship
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