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Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis's Trans Pioneer, by Julie Kliegman, was published by HarperOne on August 18, 2026.

Reproductive rights activists are alarmed over a pledge by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to institute nationwide abortion restrictions. Blanche, whose confirmation for attorney general is curre...

Muslims for Just Futures is horrified by the extreme sentences handed down today in the Prairieland case . These sentences, ranging from 30 to 100 years, are death by incarceration. 

“He wanted his identity to be a reporter, and that’s what it was,” his father said.

The Mercury‘s April issue is called “Joyride,” and it’s all about transportation in Portland. Whether you get around by car, bus, bike/unicycle/electric tricycle, foot, or any other mode, transportation likely plays a significant role in your life. So you should care about it! And this issue has something for everyone. Get your hands on news […]

The labor involved in making lists was as close to the opposite of a transcendent reading experience as a disillusioned culture worker could get.

Weigh in on proposed service efficiencies and cuts for Aug. 23, 2026, as TriMet reduces spending.

You’ve probably seen Rupert Kinnard’s smile if you’ve passed the downtown Portland mural on NW Couch at Broadway. A wheelchair user since a car accident in 1996, Kinnard sits between Kathleen Saadat a...

Legal experts say some asylum seekers are being moved from a process with legal protections into expedited removal, which has "almost none."

You’ve probably seen Rupert Kinnard’s smile if you’ve passed the downtown Portland mural on NW Couch at Broadway. A wheelchair user since a car accident in 1996, Kinnard sits between Kathleen Saadat a...

Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

A researcher monitoring Axial Seamount, 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, says the eruption is expected to happen before the year is over.

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Aaron Ortega Gonzalez says he’s never committed a crime despite ICE officials’ claims.

The Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts...

The infamous Lewis County billboard is about to get a new owner after the property it sits on went up for sale.

How direct-to-consumer DNA testing may mean the end to family secrets.