Racism
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FBI says 8 injured in Colorado attack by man with makeshift flamethrower who yelled ‘Free Palestine’
Eight people calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, by a man who used a makeshift flamethrower and hurled an incendiary device into the crowd.

Oregon bill would speed up process to rename locations with offensive titles
Bill defines offensive as ‘insulting and derogatory’ to Oregon Native American tribes, or any race, nationality or ethnicity.

Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.

Civil rights
Trump administration launches race-based discrimination probes of the Harvard Law Review
The investigations come as Harvard fights a freeze on $2.2 billion in federal grants the Trump administration imposed after the university refused to comply with demands to limit activism on campus.

2 Vancouver elementary schools renamed over history of namesakes who committed racial violence
Officials began questioning whether to rename Harney Elementary and Peter S. Ogden Elementary after learning about the violent history and killings committed by their namesakes.
Proposed Washington state law aims to address racial disparities in traffic stops
Bill would limit when police can stop motorists for traffic violations.

Recordings reveal Oregon port contractor praising Hitler, using slurs — now officials face a quandary
Laws protecting free speech, along with challenging economic circumstances, make it difficult to cut ties

Politics
Voting for president while Black and mixed race in Bend
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.
Student athletes and coaches for David Douglas High School football team face racist chants and slurs
The student athletes and coaches for David Douglas High School’s Football team in Portland say four out of the five weeks of this season, they’ve faced racist chants and slurs during away games.
Oregon Experience
This is how communities are reconciling with Oregon’s racist past
A conversation with truth and reconciliation activist Taylor Stewart on confronting historical traumas and building communities around social justice.