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Oregon

U.S. Education Department escalates crackdown on Gaza protests with warning to Portland State, other colleges

by Shauneen Miranda, Oregon Capital ChronicleMarch 11, 2025 The Oregon context From Oregon Capital Chronicle Portland State University, where students occupied a campus library for several days in 2024 as part of a pro-Palestine protest, […]

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Wyden, Sanders Blast Trump Administration for Abruptly Freezing All Student Loan Repayment Programs

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., led 23 Democrats in sending a letter to the Department of Education blasting the Trump […]

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Guilty Verdict In Starvation Case

On March 7, 2025, a Multnomah County jury found Jamie Strahm guilty of two counts of Criminal Mistreatment in the First Degree. One count was for withholding the necessary and adequate food from the victim, who was […]