General news
AP News
- Biden backs studying reparations as Congress considers bill
- New legislation would protect drivers who hit protestors
KGW
Police called to Fred Meyer after group gathers food dumped during power outage
OPB
- Hundreds of thousands still without power in wake of storm
- Vancouver drops most charges for protesters after Kevin Peterson Jr.’s death
The Oregonian
- Power out for an unprecedented 300k Oregonians after weekend storm. Still unclear when full power will return.
- Portland hotels packed as Oregonians seek shelter from storm, power outages
- Portland Street Response finally launching to address mental health, homeless calls
- 19-yr-old who dumped deer heads on Lake Oswego lawns first claimed it wasn’t him, then admitted it was a ‘really stupid’ move, records show
- Portland police officers ‘guarding’ Fred Meyer dumpsters as residents seek discarded food
- Fraught scene over discarded food at Fred Meyer highlights hunger, challenges of distribution in storm
Portland Mercury
Street Roots
The human stories behind a slate of Oregon policing bills
Vice
Why Were Portland Police Guarding a Dumpster of Discarded Food?
Willamette Week
- Last Night’s Ice Storm Caused the Largest Power Outage in Oregon History
- Obituaries for Portland Are Premature. But What Will Become of Its Most Important Neighborhood?
Far right extremism
CNN
Global Voices
Serbia expels US neo-Nazi after investigative website Bellingcat outed his location
Media Matters for America
January 6 insurrectionists and other far-right figures are congregating on gaming platform Trovo
The New York Times
A Small Group of Militants’ Outsize Role in the Capitol Attack
NPR
Justice Department Charges Suspected Oath Keepers In Plot To Attack The Capitol
OPB
- Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot
- Congressman sues Trump over role in Capitol riot
- Patriot Prayer member accused of attacking Oregon police allowed to move out of state
The Oregonian
- Democratic congressman sues Trump, Proud Boys over role in Capitol riot
- Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson, supporter urge federal judge to bar their state prosecution on riot charges
Protocol
A Macedonian misinformation site dominated Parler before the Capitol riot
Raw Story
Proud Boy open to plea deal — and believes an associate has turned cooperating witness: report
Star Tribune
Woman charged in Capitol melee says Proud Boys recruited her
Vice
Department of Homeland Security Confirms Neo-Nazi Leader Used to Work For It
Willamette Week
- Before Storming the Capitol, Trump Loyalists Practiced in Portland for Years
- Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Fires Reserve Deputy Who Posted Support for Proud Boys to Facebook
Hate crimes
OPB
- Anti-Asian violence has increased over the past year
- Oregonians say rise in racism against Asian Americans being felt here
- Oregon’s first ‘missing and murdered indigenous persons’ report shows 19 unresolved cases
The Oregonian
First Oregon missing and murdered Indigenous persons report released
Housing and homelessness
Portland Mercury
Emergency Homeless Shelters Will Remain Open Monday Night
OPB
- Vaccinating homeless patients against COVID-19: ‘All bets are off’
- After talk of ‘critical breakthrough’ on Hazelnut Grove, city provides few details
The Oregonian
- Severe weather shelters for homeless to stay open Monday night, thanks to volunteers; more needed
- Have an idea for a creative emergency shelter in Portland? Local government wants to hear your pitch
Willamette Week
- Talking to Portland’s Most Vulnerable Residents About Winter Shelters—Including a Man With a Blowtorch Who Didn’t Want to Go to One
- When the Eviction Moratorium Ends, the Toll on Black Households Will Be Extraordinary
- Residents of an East Portland Mobile Home Park Were Told to Get Lost, in the Middle of a Pandemic
Incarceration
OPB
Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases
The Oregonian
Law enforcement
Daily KOS
‘Gas em. I don’t give a s–t,’ says cop from same force that wanted BLM protesters charged as gang
NPR
U.S. Capitol Police Union Issues No-Confidence Vote For Top Leaders
The Oregonian
Portland police launch specialized team of officers to respond and investigate shootings in city
Portland Mercury
- Portland Police Fail to Meet Community’s Language Needs, Audit Finds
- Portland Police Unveil New Gun Violence Team
Willamette Week
Portland Police Bureau Forms 24/7 Investigative Unit to Curb Historic Shootings and Homicides