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Portland Pride welcomes diversity

Mercedes Gray-Davis, Staff Writer • June 19, 2017

Every year, Pride Northwest comes to Portland in celebration of the community’s LGBTQ+, with thousands joining in. Featuring booths and vendors from 150 various organizations and business filling up Tom McCall Waterfront Park, the city became a rainbow for the weekend.

Bold for change

Mercedes Gray-Davis, Staff Writer • March 17, 2017

On March 8, women around the world celebrate themselves, their bodies, their power, their courage and to stand united with one another. Around the world, women get recognized for their accomplishments. It’s no secret that women have faced social, economic and political disadvantages just for being a women, and this day was meant to challenge that.

Trump bans overseas abortion funding

Mercedes Gray-Davis, Staff Writer • February 8, 2017

President Trump recently signed an executive order which reinstates the where non-governmental organizations that offer abortion services in foreign countries will no longer receive U.S. funding to perform abortions. In places where abortion is illegal, there’s a higher death rate of women due to the higher number of women getting illegal, unsafe abortions. However, in places where it’s legal and accessible, the mortality rate of women is much lower.

Goodbye Obamacare, hello something we won’t see for 6 months

Ben Sherer, News Editor • February 6, 2017

Obamacare’s days are numbered. President Donald Trump has already passed a bill that has begun the process to start rolling back Obamacare and its benefits. Expressing his extreme discontent with the law since joining in on the 2016 Presidential race, repealing Obamacare was one of Trump’s highest priorities.

Conservative control reaches a whole new level

Ben Sherer, News Editor • February 5, 2017

Almost every aspect of the United States Government is now controlled by the Republican party, conservatives, and most importantly, Donald Trump. With the House of Representatives and Senate firmly under Republican majority, the Supreme Court has recently joined the GOP controlled ranks with Donald Trump announcing his nominee to replace the late Antonin Scalia.

Anti-Trump protests take on streets of Portland

Mercedes Gray-Davis, Staff Writer • December 13, 2016

Following the results of the presidential election, unrest spread across the nation with numerous cities taking a stand to protest the results.

District boundaries redrawn: Forecasting for Beaverton community and schools

Ben Sherer, News Editor • December 19, 2015

For years, families in the Beaverton area have sent their children off to Beaverton High School. But next year, everything will change. Due to overcrowding in schools, new land was purchased south of the...