Story and photos by Pete Shaw When President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, he set into motion the United States government’s rescinding of the constitutional rights of 120,000 people of Japanese descent in the US, two-thirds of whom were US citizens. They were not convicted of any crime. They were…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw FUCK YOU FOR MAKING ME BE HERE! I recently saw those words on a sign at a rally demanding that Legacy Emanuel Medical Center’s management cease its collaboration with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE). At pretty much any time those words are pertinent, but they feel especially…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw On Saturday January 10 over 300 people gathered in Stanton Park, just across the street from the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center (LEMC) in North Portland, demanding that Legacy management respect the hospital’s staff and patients by ceasing their collaboration with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE). Legacy management…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw The monthly vigils for Keaton Otis, Fred Bryant, and all victims of police violence have always had a tension to them. There is the grim reality of why people have gathered on the corner of Northeast 6th and Halsey for over 15 years, recalling Otis, Bryant, and the many…
Story and photo by Pete Shaw History, it is said, is written by the victors. Their perspective and their stories are presented as unimpeachable. From this favored perch, the present is interpreted and the path to the future is mapped. A new book, Memory & Place in Black Portland, adds its voice to the long…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw Workers at the Arbor Lodge New Seasons’s grocery store at 6400 North Interstate Avenue walked off the job for the second day in a row on Wednesday January 29. According to the New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU), the Unfair Labor Practice strike was again called because Randy Foster, who…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw Over 1,100 New Seasons Market workers from 11 Portland area stores went on a one day strike on Wednesday November 28. The New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU) called the strike in response to the company’s “numerous ongoing unfair labor practices.” Would-be shoppers were met by picketing union members and…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw Hope is the seed that gives rise to justice. On May 12, a sizable crowd of 35 people showed up at the corner of NE 6th and Halsey, where people have been gathering for nearly 14 years now, month by month, to mark the anniversary of Keaton Otis’s murder…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw Another year with Covid in the air, and so another year where I was largely grounded due to health concerns. As well, as comes with age, there were health issues with which I had to deal. But as someone who makes a lot of lemonade, I am once again,…
Story and photos by Pete Shaw The nearly 4,500 members of the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) walked out on strike on November 1. Classroom teachers from the district’s 81 schools came together with students, parents, and other supporters in the community to demand the Portland Public Schools (PPS) administration show respect for them and…
