Race

Organizers and City of Bend staff and officials work together to finalize and approve a plaque memorializing Barry Washington Jr., who was shot and killed in downtown Bend in 2021.

Bend's Human Rights and Equity Commission call for special session in light of Juneteenth funding payment delay and concerns of bias.

The case is nearly identical to a case the court ruled on two years ago from Alabama, though the outcome could make it more difficult for minorities to prevail in redistricting cases.

The "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order removes "divisive, race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian museums, educational and research centers, and the National Zoo.

Charles C. Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1970. But a profile of the Vietnam War veteran was caught in an "auto removal process," the Defense Department says.

The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting for equity in farming.

The Cora Center is the first psilocybin facility in the state that is run by majority BIPOC and LGBTQ+ facilitators. They help clients from those groups get over cultural barriers to treatment, like trauma and stigma.

Skyler Brown-Evans sees herself represented on the top of this year's ticket, that also means she has had to deal with strangers engaging her in a topic people are often told to avoid: politics. Despite having to deal with heightened racism this election cycle, she's excited to vote.

Democrats hope to use the influence of Latina women who back Vice President Harris to win over Latino men who are backing former President Donald Trump.

An international group of researchers has voted to modify the scientific names of more than 200 plant species whose names carry a derogatory word.