Roger Stringer testified against his son Zac in the fatal shooting that killed his younger child. Now he believes Remington’s defective rifle is to blame, and he’s fighting to hold the gun maker accountable.
Only two papers and a trigonometry test separated Dorian Ford from finishing the English degree she’d started at Grambling State University, fifteen years earlier. Would she make it?
Thelma Glover lost her home to urban renewal. Portland leaders want to atone for the past, so they’re doling out down payments. Glover won't get one. For her, it's too late.
Jay was a teenager coming of age in an era Time Magazine dubbed "The Transgender Tipping Point." But he didn't want to be a trailblazer. He wanted to be normal.
The beds sagged. The windows rattled, and the walls stayed sticky. But for 90 people, the Joyce Hotel was home. Then the building's owner evicted the tenants in the middle of a citywide housing emergency.
Two boys believed friendship, football and faith would get them out of a rough North Portland neighborhood. But what would they sacrifice along the way?
Outdated textbooks, not enough teachers, no ventilation — for millions of kids like Harvey Ellington, the public-education system has failed them their whole lives.