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New Site Tracks Oregon Corporate Ties to Federal Immigration Enforcement
A new website exposes Oregon businesses who have official government contracts with ICE and CBP
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Students Walk Out Against ICE, Counselor Seizes Student’s Sign Off Campus
As student walkouts against ICE spread nationwide, tensions are rising between young protesters and school administrators. In Portland, one family says a counselor crossed a constitutional line when she confiscated their daughter’s protest sign off campus.
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Portland’s Labor Against ICE March Faces Brutal Federal Response
A peaceful rally was met with violence when federal agents unleashed tear gas, rubber bullets, and other munitions on Portlanders, including young children, highlighting the deepening militarization of law enforcement and the community’s unwavering resistance.
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Autonomy in Practice: Permanent Vigil’s and Sacred Fires
On the same day community members gathered to grieve the killing of Renee Good at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis, something shifted in downtown Portland, Oregon. What began as a vigil and flag burning across from the federal courthouse transformed, almost organically, into an autonomous zone that
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Chef and Kitchen Staff Fired After Walkout
On a packed Friday night in December, the kitchen collapsed in real time at a high-end restaurant as diners at Bar Casa Vale watched racialized violence unfold before their eyes. At around 8 p.m., with the dining room full and tickets still coming in, executive chef Jahquari was physically
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Jury Acquits Indigenous Activist of All Charges in Politically Charged Chalk Trial
A Portland jury acquitted Indigenous community member Tracy Molina, also known as Cozca, of every charge submitted to them after a two-day trial centered on washable chalk messages written on a police precinct window, and police testimony the jury ultimately rejected.
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Beaverton Students Stage Largest Walkout in Years Amid Silence and Inaction from District
By late morning on December 8th, the rain in Beaverton, Oregon was coming down hard, flood-warning hard. But at 10 a.m., students poured out from their classrooms anyway, chanting through the wind and cold as they led the largest district-wide walkout Beaverton has seen in years. Their demand was
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Abolition, Not Fines for Fascism
Portlanders have repeatedly shown up to City Hall with one message: We refuse to negotiate the terms of our own oppression. People weren’t there for symbolic accountability, or for another round of policy cosplay. They came to demand the obvious: Shut the ICE facility down. Completely and permanently. To
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Tag a TERF Day - Portland TERF Rally Ends Early After Contact With Reality
Two years ago today, Portland shut down a TERF hate event in under 30 minutes. Over 100 neighbors showed up, sent the bigots packing, and proved that community care beats conspiratorial pseudofeminism every time, sometimes with nothing more than soup and solidarity.
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Texas Defendants With “Providing Material Support to Terrorist”
“For the first time ever, the FBI has arrested anarchist violent extremists and charged Antifa-aligned individuals with material support to terrorism.” - FBI Director, Kash Patel
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Young Voices Rise
Young Voices Rise High Schoolers Clap Back at Far Right Bullies On Wednesday, October 15th, I arrived at David Douglas High School to find about 30 people, some waving oversized American flags and rocking Charlie Kirk “freedom” shirts on the sidewalk outside. Before I could even finish the thought of
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Naked Bikers and Federal Escalation
Around 4 p.m. on Sunday, I arrived at the ICE field office in Portland to find half a dozen protesters in inflatable animal costumes dancing to the upbeat sounds of the Unpresidented Brass Band, whose members were dressed in banana costumes. By 4:15 p.m., I was filming