Portland could be the first city in the country to ban facial recognition in privately-owned places.
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Juneteenth 2020: Listening Back to a Day of Powerful Conversations
XRAY & The Numberz’ 4th Annual On Air Juneteenth Teach-In came at a time when the world was finally looking in to the day-to-day realities of Black Americans.
Noose Discovery Dismissed for Weeks by Foremen at Portland Building Site, Investigation Underway
A noose was found hanging at a downtown Portland construction site last month by a female apprentice of color.
Before Portland Votes on a Facial Recognition Ban, What You Need to Know
Portland’s city council still plans to vote on its facial recognition ban. Here’s what you need to know about the controversial technology and how it’s already being used.
Juneteenth Teach-In 2020: Blackness in Focus
The Numberz and XRAY.fm are proud to be taking over our stations’ airwaves for our 4th Annual Juneteenth Teach-In! At … More
Why Only Some Oregon Businesses Must Keep Customer Registries for COVID-19 Contact Tracing
In Washington state, similar rules were overturned when the ACLU raised civil liberties concerns.
Give Now to Black Run Organizations Doing On the Ground Work in Portland
Join us in supporting a selection of Nonprofit organizations in Portland doing work every day to advocate for and give … More
Inside Amazon’s Worker Health Monitoring for COVID-19 in Portland-Area Facility
From thermal body temperature scans to COVID-19 diagnostic testing, workers in the Amazon fulfillment center known to insiders as PDX9 are among those at the front lines of some of Amazon’s newest pandemic response efforts.
Rally to Re-open Oregon Amid COVID-19 Lockdown Draws Fringe Alt-Right Groups and Families
Despite participation by several families and children, the event also drew a contingent of alt-right groups and fringe militia members, a few strapped with semi-automatic weapons.
Pandemic Forces Oregon Ballot Initiatives to Spend Far More than Planned
COVID-19 will force some Oregon initiative campaigns still actively pursuing the ballot to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars more than originally planned to get there.
