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Hate crimes and bias incidents are on the rise, both in Oregon and nationally.

While bias incidents and crimes sometimes target specific individuals, they often violate an entire group or community’s sense of safety and belonging. Graffiti on the wall, fliers, anonymous emails, and language meant to harass individuals convey intolerance that impacts all of us. We want Oregon to be welcoming and inclusive, but sadly these incidents targeting specific people are happening throughout Oregon.

Below are news articles of bias incidents in Oregon. The older articles and the Oregon Department of Justice Media Releases are provided for historic significance and are not maintained; Links may be broken and content is likely out of date.

8/6/25 Oregon Live: Portland police find suspect in swastika vandalism in jail on a separate bias crime allegation »
8/5/25 Willamette Week: Swastikas Scrawled on Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education»
8/4/25 KOIN: Playground at CAIRO Academy intentionally torched »
7/28/25 KEZI: Protest at Lane County Fair over controversial Alcatraz shirts draws county response»
7/27/25 KLCC: Trump administration investigates Oregon's transgender athlete policies»
7/23/25 KOIN: Man accused of 4-alarm Portland apartment fire faces additional charges for attempted murder, bias crime»
7/22/25 Oregon Live: Sheriff’s mounted posse dressed as cowboys sued for alleged racial profiling at Oregon county fair»
7/10/25 Oregon Live: Former alt-weekly reporter in Portland guilty of arson, hate crime spree»
7/7/25 OPB: Oregon’s bias hotline sees first decline in reports since launch»
7/5/25 The Guardian: Revealed: the far-right, antisemitic men’s club network spreading across US »
6/27/25 KATU: Woman with long rap sheet arrested for bias crime against 6-year-old boy»
6/17/25 KGW: Rural church in Clackamas County vandalized over welcoming LGBTQ+ community, leaders say»
6/9/25 The Register-Guard: After backlash, Oregon will extradite suspect in Eugene burglaries case»
6/4/25 KATU: Man convicted in 2019 LA Fitness biting attack charged in bias crime attack at group home»
6/3/25 KATU: Police: Asian woman charged with bias crime after attack at Vietnamese restaurant»
5/29/25 Oregon Capital Chronicle: Oregon hatred and beyond: When does a political stance become a hateful one?»
5/28/25 The Source: Bias in our Backyard»
5/24/25 Investigate West: New Oregon law allows tribes to petition for removal of state control from tribal affairs»
5/23/25 KATU: Five years after George Floyd's death, Black Portlanders call for continued awareness»
5/19/25 Portland Mercury: The Lesson: After months of showing up, did the suburbs actually learn anything?»
5/15/25 The Daily Emerald: UO student targeted in hate-bias incident near campus»
5/14/25 KATU: Court docs: Portland man charged for calling work crew 'illegals,' threatening to call ICE»
4/22/25 KATU: Oregon man arrested after firing pepper gun and yelling racial slurs at workers»
4/4/25 KATU: Shooting suspect accused of using racial slur while pointing gun at someone in Portland»
3/10/25 Oregon Live: Portland police reflect on strengthened relationship with Muslim community members in iftar meal»
2/19/25 KATU: Court docs: Lincoln County man terrorized neighbors with racial slurs and threats»
2/19/25 The News Guard: Waldport (OR) Man Arrested on Charges Including Intimidation (Hate Crimes)»
2/13/25 Oregon Live: Hood River Winter PrideFest returns with expanded lineup for 2025»
2/11/25 Oregon Live: Shotgun-wielding man threatened family, yelled racist remarks, Salem police say»
2/7/25 Oregon Live: Oregon Coast district discusses book challenged by high school parents»
2/4/25 Oregon Live: Mezuzah torn down at Portland Jewish center, rabbi says»
2/3/25 KATU: Trump admin. investigates reports of antisemitism at colleges, including Portland State»
2/1/25 Oregon Live: Employees say Multnomah County unit investigating workplace discrimination is failing workers»
1/24/25 KGW: Northeast Portland LGBTQ+ bar broken into 3 times in 4 months»
1/21/25 KGW: Man gets 5 years in prison after hitting neighbor, threatening to stab another in Washington County»
1/6/25 Oregon Live: Truck smashes through Salem-area convenience store, keeps driving; police investigate bias crime»

11/21/24 Oregon Live: String of home burglaries in Washington County appear linked, police say»
11/12/24 KOIN: Oregon man pleads guilty to defacing Eugene synagogue multiple times»
10/29/24 Oregon Live: Portland State student’s Halloween costume deemed ‘harmful,’ leads to university response»
10/28/24 Oregon Live: Football game called off at halftime as Milwaukie alleges Tillamook players used racist language»
10/25/24 Oregon Live: Oregon school district calls on Ted Cruz to pull anti-trans ad featuring Oregon high school athletes»
10/25/24 Oregon Live: Asian American students, advocates call for the state to collect more detailed data about their ethnicities»
10/22/24 KGW: Federal investigation launched into Portland State over racist flyers circulating on campus»
10/21/24 KGW: Canby youth softball team under scrutiny after reports of players yelling racial chants in championship game»
10/21/24 FOX12 Oregon: Player subject to racist chants at Sherwood softball tournament»
10/14/24 Oregon Live: Swastikas painted on side of Laurelhurst Park preschool»
9/30/24 Oregon Live: Nelson High School investigating racist incidents during David Douglas football games»
9/26/24 KATU: Racist threats and suggestion of a race war made at Pacific University in Forest Grove»
9/23/24 OPB: Hundreds push back on removal of ‘How the García Girls Lost Their Accents’ novel from Tillamook High School curriculum»
9/19/24 Oregon Live: Requests to remove books from public libraries are on the rise in Oregon. Here are the titles most in jeopardy»
9/12/24 Oregon Live: Portland Public Schools quietly adopts rule barring teachers from ‘political or personal’ classroom displays»
9/10/24 KOIN: Bias, hate crimes get Oregon DOJ, Portland attention»
9/4/24 Oregon Live: Pit bull attack instigated by dog owner lands man 6-year prison sentence»
8/27/24 Oregon Live: Black shoppers sue Fred Meyer for $9.9M, claim employee headbutted and chased them with knife»
8/24/24 KATU: Portland Jewish groups say they're facing a rise of antisemitism»
8/23/24 KATU: Investigation finds school administrator's use of racial slur is 'protected speech'»
8/21/24 Oregon Live: Coastal Oregon school board axes novel with sexual language from high school curriculum»
8/20/24 Oregon Live: 2 Portland sites honored on national register for LGBTQ+ history»
8/20/24 USA Today: Native Americans go missing at alarming rates. Advocates hope a new alert code can help»
8/16/24 Oregon Live: Molalla Pride event canceled following online threats»
8/13/24 Oregon Live: Portland transgender woman beaten in hate crime, records allege»
8/12/24 Oregon Live: Portland agrees to pay nearly $30K to detective who alleged Police Bureau discriminated against her»
8/6/24 Oregon Live: Fence comes up to protect Lan Su Chinese Garden as frustration with Old Town troubles mount»
8/3/24 KGW: Portland Asian-owned businesses face outsize ADA lawsuit numbers»
7/28/24 Oregon Live: While book ban attempts increase nationally, one Oregon library has kept requests low»
7/24/24 Oregon Live: Judge orders University of Oregon not to delete prof’s social media posts even if they’re offensive»
7/22/24 Oregon Live: Portland man found guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 bar stabbing»
7/18/24 Oregon Live: Oregon man, ACLU sue plasma-donation center for alleged ‘forever ban’ on gay men donors»
7/17/24 Oregon Live: Portland police reverse decision denying 19 visa petitions for immigrants who were crime victims»
7/17/24 Oregon Live: Defense claims Portland man on trial for murder, hate crime was too drunk to knowingly kill High Dive patron»
7/16/24 Oregon Live: Oregon woman who made online threats to harm co-workers and posted racist messages gets time-served sentence»
7/11/24 Oregon Live: Oregon State Police team hazed trooper with homophobic mock trial. No one faced discipline»
07/03/24 Willamette Week: Portlanders who 'keep the pride spirit alive year-round'»
07/03/24 OPB: Bias incidents reported to Oregon hotline rose again this year, state DOJ says»
07/1/24 Oregon Live: Religious hate fueled jump in calls to Oregon’s bias hotline»
06/26/24 KATU: Brownsville councilor draws controversy over alleged homophobic slurs»
06/22/24 KATU: Disabled Salem woman trapped in apartment for months due to broken elevator»
06/20/24 Oregon Live: Oregonians gather in solidarity with displaced people at Portland’s World Refugee Day Walk»
06/19/24 Lake Oswego Review: Lake Oswego track coach John Parks dismissed following letters on transgender athlete participation»
06/07/24 KATU: Juvenile arrested, accused of shooting at Pride flag hanging in window at Newberg Library»
05/27/24 KVAL: Police: Eugene man arrested for menacing couple with BB gun after racial remark»
05/26/24 Oregon Live: Readers respond: Report bias crime to DOJ»
05/24/24 KATU: Portland’s NAACP president questions bias crimes measures»
05/24/24 Oregon Live: Bill Oram: A transgender teen athlete’s life is not your cause»
05/20/24 KATU: Newport residents complain about transgender people in women’s facilities»
05/16/24 Willamette Week: Jewish Student at Reed College Struck by Rock a Day After Vandalism of Religious Symbol»
05/15/24 Oregon Live: Black Portlander files $475k lawsuit against Walmart for accusing him of stealing vacuum he bought»
05/09/24 Oregon Live: Man who hurled racist slurs at basketball players in Idaho won’t face charges, DA says»
04/30/24 Newsweek Japan: The latest trends in the presidential election, fake news, and bias crimes discussed by the Oregon State Department of Justice»
04/24/24 Oregon Capital Chronicle: With surge in hate crimes, Oregon justice department launches hotline awareness campaign»
04/23/24 Central Oregon Daily: Bend-La Pine schools gather bias report incidents from equity coaches to help future prevention»
04/16/24 KATU: Second PPS student files lawsuit against district over violence at a middle school»
04/15/24 OPB: Bend spotlighted in national DEI backlash following city meeting hate speech»
04/08/24 Human Rights Campaign: HRC President Responds to NAIA Vote to Ban Transgender Women From Playing Sports»
04/06/24 KATU: Community allies and Asian American groups unite against targeted violence in Portland»
03/27/24 News Channel 21: City of Bend reacts to racist ‘Zoombombing’ of Human Rights & Equity Commission meeting, seeks to avoid repeat»
03/27/24 Oregon Live: Oregon’s early learning agency beset with turnover, mismanagement, employees say»
03/16/24 Oregon Live: Portland man accused of punching neighbor in the face, using racist slur, police say»
03/15/24 Oregon Live: TriMet didn’t call 911 after passenger punched and spat at fellow rider, uttered slur»
03/14/24 KATU: $1.5M lawsuit filed against Gresham 24 Hour Fitness, claiming racial discrimination»
03/14/24 KGW 8: 73-year-old Asian man beaten with stick while fishing at Portland’s Eastbank Esplanade»
03/12/24 Oregon Live: Oregon man accused of defacing synagogue too dangerous to release, judge rules»
03/06/24 FOX 12: Leaders call Portland ‘smell’ ordinance unfair, discriminatory after complaint closes pho restaurant»
03/06/24 Oregon Live: Portland bartender who shoved transgender woman in bathroom dispute guilty of hate crime, jury rules»
02/28/24 Oregon Live: Oregon Labor Bureau HR director took leave, says she was threatened because she’s a Black woman leader»
02/27/24 Oregon Live: Forest Grove man sues Safeway alleging discrimination for mistaken identity»
02/27/24 Oregon Live: Portland hate crime assailant who stomped on stranger’s face gets less prison time in deal with DA»
02/27/24 FOX 12: Law enforcement, community leaders discuss bias crime surge in Portland»
02/13/24 Oregon Live: A proposed ban on banning books sparks firestorm at Oregon Capitol»
02/12/24 Oregon Live: 2 Portland sites are being recognized for LGBTQ+ history»
01/31/24 Oregon Live: Oregon lawmaker equated support for LGBTQ+ people to support for child abuse»
01/29/24 OPB: In interview, Oregon lawmaker suggests non-Christians are unfit for elected office»
01/20/24 Oregon Live: Oregon State Police hid repeated use of racist slur by supervisor; other misconduct in field office»
01/18/24 Oregon Live: Clackamas County eliminates equity office»
01/13/24 Oregon Live: Oregon woman accused of threatening Jews, Black people in posts with photos of Nazi flag and guns»
01/08/24 Corvallis Gazette-Times: Corvallis leaders receive antisemitic postcards in mail — at home»
01/03/24 Seaside Signal: Seaside opts to keep children’s books after library complaints»

12/27/23 Oregon Live: The standard sentence for most hate crimes in Oregon? Probation, not jail time»
12/14/23 Oregon Live: Oregon Labor Bureau agrees to pay $425,000 to settle race discrimination lawsuit, commits to making changes»
12/13/23 Oregon Live: Judge demands answers after male guard does body-cavity search of transgender Oregon prisoner»
11/28/23 Oregon Live: Trial begins challenging alleged ‘secret’ meetings to discuss firing Newberg schools superintendent»
11/25/23 FOX 12: FBI launches campaign to raise awareness about hate crimes in Oregon»
11/20/23 Oregon Live: Second graffiti of a swastika found at Reed as Israel-Hamas protest and backlash roil campus»
11/17/23 KOIN: ‘Justice will follow’: WashCo. Team aims to prevent recent spike in Oregon hate crime»
11/17/23 Herald and News: Oregon Department of Justice Bias Hotline holds community education session in Klamath Falls»
11/17/23 Oregon Live: Tigard man and his stepson sentenced for racially motivated beating of Black neighbor»
11/15/23 KVAL: Eugene City Council meeting adjourned for second time by hate speech»
11/14/23 Oregon Live: Nike executives subjects of sex discrimination, harassment complaints, plaintiffs claim»
11/14/23 Walla County Chieftain: Sex-ed pamphlet to stay in library»
10/31/23 Oregon Live: Schools investigating use of racist language from Marist Catholic after football game against Junction City»
10/25/23 KLCC: Eugene therapist’s book offers tools to deal with trauma»
10/25/23 Willamette Week: The Proudest Boy in Portland»
10/17/23 KOIN: Dayton, OR school committee debates removing 5 books from high school classrooms»
10/17/24 Oregon Live: After complaints about 36 books, Canby School District bans just 1»
10/17/24 Oregon Live: Disabled residents stuck in Home Forward building after elevator breaks»
10/16/23 KOIN: ‘Unacceptable’: Muslim organization in Portland receives threats amid Israel-Hamas war»
10/16/24 Oregon Live: LGBTQ+ students at Portland area Catholic schools say they feel silenced by guidance on gender identity»
10/15/23 Oregon Live: In Oregon, making racist threats, threatening harm aren’t always hate crimes under state’s loose laws»
10/12/23 Statesman Journal: Scotts Mills man sentenced for Jan. 3 road rage shooting, bias crime»
10/12/23 KATU: Another woman alleges harassment by man at Gresham apartment»
10/09/23 Oregon Live: Man accused of anti-Asian bias doesn’t show up to court after DA files hate crime charge»
10/04/23 Oregon Live: Black-owned Gresham wig store vandalized; ‘This racism has to stop'»
10/03/23 Statesman Journal: Oregon man sentenced for LGBTQ+ hate crimes in Idaho, including trying to hit people with car»
10/02/23 Oregon Live: Gresham man indicted for hate crimes after allegedly threatening to paralyze pregnant Latina woman, rape Black woman»
9/25/23 Statesman Journal: Non-binary student wins lawsuit vs. Albany school district»
9/20/23 Oregon Live: One of Oregon’s 4 Black mayors resigns; he says he was ‘bullied out of office’ »
9/08/23 Oregon Live: Judge orders Oregon prison officials to classify transgender woman as vulnerable, place her in a single cell to prevent sex assaults»
9/08/23 Oregon Live: Man lets loose with anti-Asian rant, attack outside NW Portland restaurant, witness says»
9/05/23 KOIN: Oregon libraries received most challenges since 1992 in new report »
9/04/23 OregonLive: Asian individuals subjected to racist attack in downtown Portland, police say; suspect sought »
9/03/23 KOIN: MAX stabbing suspect charged with bias crime, robbery, assault »
8/30/23 OPB: Public defenders sue Washington County over what they say is systemic courthouse racism »
8/29/23 Oregon Live: Federal indictment accuses 23-year-old of assaulting top Japanese diplomat in downtown Portland »
8/29/23 Tillamook Headlight Herald: Letter: Tim Hall resigns as Garibaldi Mayor »
8/24/23 Oregon Live: Moda Center guard utters racist command to ticket reseller in Portland, lawsuit claims »
8/22/23 KPTV: Man accused of racist attack at Stumptown Otaku »
8/16/23 Oregon Live: Oregon rejected foster application of woman who didn’t agree with LGBTQ child respect rule. Now she’s suing »
8/08/23 Oregon Live: Portland cancer patient’s story goes viral after she says OHSU denied her care over transgender flag complaint »
8/04/23 KPTV: Lan Su Chinese Garden says teahouse vandalized in apparent bias crime »
7/21/23 KATU: Vandals paint swastika on Sherwood man's car, police asking for tips »
7/17/23 KGW: Hate crime suspected in Portland after Japanese diplomat attacked »
7/14/23 Oregon Live: 2nd Oregon mayor resigns this week after offensive social media posts »
7/14/23 Oregon Live: Suspect in fatal stabbing outside SE Portland bar indicted on murder, bias-crime charges »
7/13/23 Silive: Book of children’s drawings of deportation shows powerful effect of art as healing »
7/10/23 Oregon Live: Newport Mayor Dean Sawyer resigns amid public outcry over hateful posts on cop Facebook group»
7/19/23 OPB: ‘Active club’ hate groups are growing in the US – and making themselves seen, including Oregon»
7/07/23 OPB: For years the mayor of an Oregon Coast city has posted hateful memes on Facebook»
7/06/23 CBS Austin: Oregon DOJ reports 178% spike in bias incident reports since 2020 »
7/04/23 Oregon Live: Hate targeting LGBTQ+, Jewish and immigrant Oregonians grows fast, according to hotline »
6/29/23 Oregon Live: Naked cyclists beaten with pipe by Portland man; hate crime, assault charges filed »
6/26/23 Oregon Live: Portland-area Catholic schools are at a crossroads over transgender, nonbinary student rights»
6/22/23 Oregon Live: Oregon lawmakers pass bill granting hate crime victims paid leave, rental protections»
6/20/23 Oregon Live: Baker City mayor tells supporters ‘I am not a Nazi sympathizer’ »
6/20/23 KOIN: Portland OR food cart owner attacked; family worries attack was racially motivated »
6/20/23 KOIN: 'It's 2023': Oregon City ready for 1st-ever Pride Night »
6/16/23 Oregon Live: Race Talks celebrates history of Black drag in Portland »
6/15/23 Oregon Live: Clackamas County’s new clerk says ‘I do’ to same-sex marriage ceremonies, reversing predecessor’s ban »
6/14/23 KTVZ: 10-year-old who spoke to Redmond City Council about racism he's experienced draws support from community»
6/12/23 VOX: How racism and discrimination robs Black people of their time »
6/12/23 Oregon Live: Avid angler assaulted by Portland security guard after false shoplifting accusation, lawsuit claims »
6/09/23 KOIN: Tigard, OR Drag Queen Storytime host Poison Waters reacts to event cancellation »
6/07/23 The Seattle Times: How King County’s proposed hate crime hotline could work »
6/06/23 Oregon Live: Dead raccoon, racist message target Oregon city officials »
6/05/23 Oregon Live: Oregon House Republican Leader apologizes after son is pictured giving Nazi salute »
6/03/23 Oregon Live: New court rules designed to keep repeat thieves and hate crime suspects in jail longer »
6/02/23 KATU: Suspect with long history of Tri-Met crimes arrested again »
5/31/23 Oregon Live: Clackamas County commissioners vote to discuss defunding diversity, equity and inclusion budget »
5/31/23 KGW: Oregon changes release policy for bias crimes »
5/30/23 Oregon Live: 3 former and current employees sue Multnomah County Library for race discrimination »
5/26/23 Oregon Live: Portland to pay $26,000 to settle with disabled vet who said officer threw walker away from her while she filmed 2020 protest »
5/26/23 Rogue Valley Times: Rogue River woman targeted for pride flag»
5/25/23 Oregon Live: Portland to clear more tents from sidewalks to settle disability lawsuit »
5/24/23 Oregon Live: Marion County DA drops reckless-driving case after a prosecutor calls defendant ‘drunk Hispanic guy’ »
5/14/24 Oregon Live: Hundreds of Oregon hate crimes go unprosecuted every year. Here’s why»
5/06/23 Oregon Live: Oregon Rises Above Hate gathers leaders, cultures for AAPI heritage month »
4/29/23 Oregon Live: Ground breaks on planned $21.5 million Latino Network community center »
4/28/23 KATU2ABC: Parent complaint ignites debate on Holocaust, racism education in Portland schools »
4/26/23 Statesman Journal: Salem-Keizer School Board member named in lawsuit against Department of Human Services»
4/24/23 Oregon Live: Anonymous Portland police feedback slammed LGBTQ+ training as ‘waste of time,’ records show »
4/10/23 Oregon Live: Families, staff member claim Black students disproportionately disciplined at small Portland private school »
4/09/23 Oregon Live: Oregon school district pulls 36 books after 2 parents complain, sparking student protests »
4/07/23 Oregon Live: Oregon Employment Department employee endured racism, sexism, hostile work environment, investigation finds »
4/05/23 Oregon Live: AM/PM worker yelled racist slurs, threatened Portland man with baton, lawsuit alleges »
4/04/23 Oregon Live: The showdown over ‘parents rights’ gains steam in Oregon »
4/01/23 KOIN: LGBTQ+ youth organizations provide safe space, resources in Oregon and SW Washington »
4/01/23 Oregon Live: Here are Lil’ America’s 7 BIPOC/LGBTQ-owned food carts »
3/31/23 Salem Reporter: Two people charged with bias crimes in separate Salem attacks this month»
3/29/23 Washington Post: The dreams and limits of Oregon’s hotline against hate »
3/27/23 Oregon Live: New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft launches campaign to stop antisemitism »
3/23/23 OPB: Reports of antisemitism up 63% in the Pacific Northwest in 2022; resistance is up too»
3/21/23 Oregon Live: Portland Art Museum’s treatment of Karuk mother who wore Indigenous baby carrier echoes past harm, mom says »
3/13/23 NBC News: Hate crimes jumped nearly 12% in 2021, new FBI figures show »
3/13/23 FBI: FBI Releases Supplemental 2021 Hate Crime Statistics — FBI»
3/03/23 OPB: A conversation with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on education, affordable housing and the hardest thing about her new job»
2/27/23 KATU: School employees hold pro-diversity rally before Beaverton school board meeting »
2/27/23 KATU: Ex-Oregon State University dean wins whistleblower lawsuit»
2/21/23 NBC KMTR: Mayor issues statement on anti-semitic flyers distributed in Eugene »
2/17/23 KOIN: Public safety, racial discrimination concerns surround police alert tool »
2/17/23 KOIN: Portland Public Schools issues apology after student endured ‘racist attack’»
2/16/23 Oregon Live: Report: Black, Hispanic or Latino drivers still more likely to be stopped by Portland police than white drivers»
2/12/23 KOIN: Portland archbishop: Catholic schools to use birth names, genders»
2/9/23 Oregon Live: After hate-based attack at Portland middle school, parents call for more awareness »
1/25/23 Oregon Live: Jury awards $1M to Portland woman who tried to buy gas but told: ‘I don’t serve Black people’»
1/22/23 Washington Post: Attacks on U.S. Jews and gays accelerate as hate speech grows on Twitter»
1/20/23 Oregon Live: Portland man shot in back after telling another man he shouldn’t park in space reserved for disabled, prosecutor says »
1/17/23 Oregon Live: Man accused of setting fire to Portland mosque, vandalizing 2 synagogues now faces federal charges »
1/3/23 Oregon Live: Intel discrimination case can go to trial, federal judge says»

12/31/22 Oregon Live: Newberg city councilor faces death threats, intimidation after objecting to hidden recording»
12/26/22 Oregon Live: The most banned book in America: The story and the person behind ‘Gender Queer’»
12/22/22 Cronkite News: Fighting hate: Approaches range from expanding hate crime definitions to gathering data»
12/15/22 Oregon Live: Man convicted of hate crime against Portland refugee center ordered to write reports on genocide, Ta-Nehisi Coates book»
12/12/22 The Washington Post: Latest FBI data on hate crimes plagued by lack of reporting nationwide»
12/7/22 Oregon Live: Central Oregon library facing demands to label, move LGBTQ-themed children’s books»
11/17/22 Oregon Live: Oregon school board moves meetings online after parents berate members, lash out over ‘LGBTQ activist bullies’»
11/16/22 Oregon Live: Portland shootout survivor calls for hate crime charges against Mary’s Club bouncer who opened fire»
11/13/22 Oregon Live: Community for Positive Aging’s food pantry crosses cultures to help Asian seniors: Season of Sharing 2022»
10/27/22 NPR: Death threats aimed at OSF artistic director Nataki Garrett prompt outpouring»
10/25/22 Oregon Live: ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ at Oregon pub draws gun-carrying protesters»
10/24/22 OPB: Central Oregon school district pulls students from camp minutes after learning of nonbinary counselors»
10/22/22 Oregon Live: In the face of criticism, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Nataki Garrett is building a company for the future»
10/17/22 PBS: Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March»
10/7/22 Oregon Live: Racist slurs in Oregon Democratic senator’s 1971 memoir prompt Republican criticism»
10/5/22 Oregon Live: Transgender and nonbinary people’s gender identities erased after death, Portland area officials find»
9/23/22 Oregon Live: Newberg School District ban on political symbols is unconstitutional, judge rules»
9/17/22 Oregon Live: University of Oregon, student section apologize for offensive chants toward BYU, Mormons»
9/14/22 Oregon Live: Video shows southern Oregon sheriff’s deputy slapping disabled homeless activist in wheelchair»
9/9/22 Oregon Live: Derogatory term for Native women removed from more than 50 Oregon landmarks»
8/30/22 Oregon Live: Why Tho? Starbucks Pride display leads to a complicated conversation with a 7-year-old»
8/22/22 Oregon Live: ‘Shopping while Black’: Walmart ordered to pay Portland area man $4.4M for summoning police on bogus charges»
8/12/22 Oregon Live: PSU professor critical of equity initiatives sues to force UO equity Twitter account to unblock him»
8/9/22 Oregon Live: Emmett Till’s accuser will not face criminal charges, Mississippi grand jury decides»
8/5/22 Oregon Live: Longtime legislative staffer for Betsy Johnson repeatedly voiced hateful views online toward Black, Muslim and LGBTQ people»
7/15/22 Oregon Live: Former Forest Grove police officer acquitted of official misconduct after trial»
7/9/22 Oregon Live: Man arrested after racist Portland road rage confrontation, police say »
7/7/22 Oregon Live: Hundreds of Oregon’s disabled students are illegally denied full school days, new report finds»
6/29/22 Oregon Live Eugene woman attacked with acid 3 times in recent months; police say it might be a bias crime »
7/3/22 Oregon Live: Father, 5-year-old daughter from California punched on Portland bike path in alleged anti-Asian bias crime»
5/23/22 OPB: Washington County gang detective, prosecutor discussed ‘fiesta’ to celebrate ‘convicted Mexicans,’ text messages reveal»
5/21/22 Oregon Live: It’s been 50 years since Mount Adams was returned to the Yakama Nation. The fight, however, just ended»
5/20/22 OPB: Former Bend city councilor says transphobic, racist bullying led to resignation»
5/20/22 Oregon Live: City set to pay $60,000 to settle discrimination suit by former Portland detective demoted for misuse of take-home police car»
5/17/22 KOIN: Native American man accuses Salem police of bogus detention in lawsuit»
5/17/22 KGW: Man charged with bias crime in vandalism of synagogues, mosque and a Black-owned business»
5/16/22 KGW: Maranatha Church in Northeast Portland hit by graffiti»
5/9/22 Oregon Live: Former freelance journalist faces arson, bias crime charges in fires at Portland mosque, 2 Jewish community buildings»
5/2/22 Oregon Live: City of Portland’s work on missing, murdered Indigenous people expands from awareness to prevention»
4/25/22 Oregon Live: New historic plaque honors legacy of formerly enslaved couple who helped found Benton County»
4/15/22 Oregon Live: Molalla High School placed on probation following OSAA investigation into racial taunts at basketball game»
4/4/22 OPB: Oregon’s new Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement has a director»
3/31/22 Albany Democrat-Herald: Study to consider creation of Linn, Benton county bias crime reporting system»
3/30/22 Oregon Live: Oregon at high risk for violent extremism, could do more to prevent it, audit says»
3/29/22 Oregon Live: Oregon woman splashed with acid while walking dog»
3/29/22 KEZI: Hate crimes on the rise, experts say amid Eugene acid attack»
3/26/22 Oregon Live: Reed College responds to faculty member’s ‘offensive and racist comments’»
3/26/22 Oregon Live: Red Robin restaurant staff concealed semen in salad after Portland customer alleged racial discrimination, lawsuit claims»
3/22/22 Oregon Live: Portland third grader thrown across room by Multnomah Education Service District employee, suit claims»
3/14/22 Oregon Live: Families pull Black children from Bend schools amid racial slurs, harassment»
3/10/22 OPB: Fired West Linn sergeant who pursued wrongful arrest faces official misconduct charge»
3/10/22 Central Oregon Daily: Bend Police unveils QR code to help hate crime victims access resources»
3/10/22 OPB: OPB’s new historical documentary examines a dark chapter of hate and white supremacy in Oregon with a lasting legacy»
3/8/22 The Daily Barometer: ‘Considerable’ evidence exists in bias crime case, next court appearance in April»
3/6/22 KGW: Oregon State Trooper accused of racial profiling, misconduct»
3/1/22 Patch: Portland Racism: Third School In Weeks Tagged With Hate Graffiti»
2/25/22 KEZI: Eugene police arrest juvenile in bias crime case»
2/21/22 KEZI: Possible hate crime on OSU campus under investigation»
2/16/22 KVAL: Eugene mayor on anti-Semitic, anti-trans flyers: 'They have no place here'»
2/11/22 Bend Bulletin: Bend man convicted of bias crimes for attacking two people based on their sexuality»
2/11/22 Oregon Live: Reported bias crimes up 40% in Portland area, Multnomah County prosecutor data shows»
2/9/22 KGW: Newberg school board member announces resignation, citing ‘toxic work environment’»
2/7/22 Oregon Live: Avowed white supremacist is one of 5 men who stole 47 guns from Portland pawn shop using sledgehammer, feds say»
1/28/22 Oregon Live: Portland police leaders should express remorse for past racially discriminatory policing, consultants urge»
1/27/22 Oregon Live: Newberg school board members who led ban on Black Lives Matter symbols survive recall »
1/26/22 Oregon Live: Oregon appeals court upholds discrimination ruling in Sweet Cakes case, but vacates penalties »
1/26/22 Oregon Live: Immigrant stories in ‘To Bear Witness’ exhibit capture horror of persecution, hope found in Oregon »
1/13/22 Pamplin Media Group: Police treating Nativity scene fire as bias crime »
1/11/22 Oregon City News: Ex-Clackamas staffer sentenced to 90 days jail for bias crime »

12/22/21 KATU: Woman accused of assaulting TriMet bus driver, using racial slur charged with bias crime »
12/22/21 Oregon Live: From hate crimes to cold medicine, many new Oregon laws take effect Jan. 1 »
12/20/21 Oregon Live: A Muslim teen copes with racism and Islamophobia in a new graphic novel set in Portland »
12/20/21 Oregon Live: Ex-Forest Grove officer to lose police certification, make $2,000 donation to mental health group under civil settlement »
12/16/21 KATU: Two indicted on assault, bias crime charges for attack at Glenn Otto Park »
12/15/21 Oregon Live: Clackamas County pays $45,000 to settle lawsuit alleging white deputy pinned down Black 12-year-old with knee to neck »
12/12/21 Oregon Live: Oregon State Police troopers disproportionately cite drivers of color, state researchers find »
12/10/21 Mail Tribune: Man charged with bias crime at Medford rally to stand trial next week »
12/9/21 Sandy Post: Ex-Clackamas staffer guilty of painting swastika on memorial »
12/9/21 Oregon Live: OHSU president apologizes after former AG Eric Holder’s firm finds school fails to properly investigate misconduct »
12/4/21 Oregon Live: Oregon State Hospital employees describe discrimination, retaliation amid larger staffing shortage: ‘A culture of constant crisis’ »
11/8/21 KPTV Oregon: Portland Public Schools responds to Roseway Heights organized walkout »
10/17/21 KEZI: Oregon set to expand hotline for bias crime reporting »
10/14/21 Oregon Live: Bend-LaPine school board members of color subjected to harassment, intimidation »
11/24/21 Oregon Live: TriMet says it no longer wants Michael Stradley training transit security officers due to ‘growing concern’ in community »
11/23/21 Oregon Live: Michael Stradley, ex-West Linn police lieutenant tied to Michael Fesser case, now contracting to work with Portland Patrol Inc.’s private security »
11/22/21 KTVZ: Bend man jailed on bias crime, disorderly conduct charges, accused of shouting slurs at juvenile »
11/21/21 Statesman Journal: America’s first openly transgender mayor, Silverton’s Stewart ‘Stu’ Rasmussen dies »
11/21/21 KATU: Bias crime suspect accused of attacking men with scissors at Clackamas County MAX stop »
11/17/21 Oregon Live: Students, adults clash at Grants Pass High School protest »
11/16/21 KGW: Oregon man charged with federal hate crime for targeting a man on Grindr and brutally beating him »
11/16/21 Oregon Live: La Grande, Gladstone, OSAA issue joint statement on alleged racist taunts at football game »
11/11/21 Oregon Live: Gladstone football players allege relentless racist taunts during playoff game at La Grande »
11/10/21 OPB: Newberg school board votes to fire superintendent, no cause given »
11/6/21 Oregon Live: Newberg teachers union sues over ‘political’ image ban in schools »
11/5/21 Oregon Live: Former landlord of Mary’s Club in downtown Portland pleads guilty to bias crime, assault »
11/4/21 Oregon Live: Three men arrested in attack on transgender woman at Corvallis 7-Eleven, police say »
11/3/21 OPB: Homeowners of color bear brunt of Portland program enforcing property maintenance rules »
11/1/21 Regal Courier: Washington County district attorney to create bias crime team »
10/30/21 Oregon Live: Owner of Washington for-profit detention center owes immigrant detainees $17 million in back pay, jury rules »
10/29/21 Oregon Capital Chronicle: Historic landmarks meeting stopped by racist, homophobic slurs »
10/29/21 Oregon Live: Staffer at NE Portland affordable housing complex removed after racism allegations »
10/26/21 Willamette Week: In Memoriam: Jessi Hart, 1979-2021 »
10/20/21 KTVZ: Barry Washington Jr. poster ripped; community members call for permanent memorial »
10/14/21 Oregon Live: With $2 million bump from lawmakers, Oregon set to expand hotline for bias crime reporting »
10/10/21 Oregon Live: Hate crime statistics are rising in Oregon; why that’s not the whole story »
10/5/21 KOIN: Native American man faces bias crime after ClackCo attack »
10/4/21 Oregon Live: Grand jury declines murder charge for Beaverton man in fatal shooting during road rage incident »
9/30/21 OPB: Bend shooting suspect charged in killing of Barry Washington Jr. »
9/30/21 Oregon Live: Man charged with murder in Bend shooting death of Barry Washington Jr. »
9/28/21 Oregon Live: Newberg school board adopts policy banning Pride, Black Lives Matter symbols in classrooms »
9/26/21 Oregon Live: More than 400,000 Oregonians identify as having more than 1 race. See the most common combinations »
9/25/21 Washington Blade: Non-binary person reports assault by Proud Boys near Portland »
9/24/21 Portland Tribune: Tigard displays Black Lives Matter, Pride at Newberg match »
9/22/21 OPB: Charges unclear for accused killer of Barry Washington Jr. in Bend shooting »
9/22/21 USA Today: Girls’ soccer team in Oregon kneels during national anthem to show solidarity with opponent’s Black students »
9/21/21 Oregon Live: Clackamas County commissioner Mark Shull condemned after sharing post appearing to compare COVID-19 restrictions to Holocaust »
6/23/21 LA Times: Racism, drought and history: Young Native Americans fight back as water disappears »
9/20/21 OPB: Newberg school employee goes to work in blackface, is put on leave »
9/16/21 Oregon Live: Oregon Board of Education calls on Newberg school board to reverse course on Pride, Black Lives Matter symbol ban »
9/15/21 Oregon Live: New Oregon Cultural Trust license plate design showcases work of Eugene artist, celebrates diversity »
9/9/21 The Register-Guard: FBI data: Eugene still leads Oregon in reported hate crimes; Springfield sees large increase »
9/8/21 Oregon Live: Trucker sent to federal prison for 16 years for unprovoked hate crime against Black man in Oregon Arby’s »
9/1/21 OPB: Reports of hate crimes to Oregon police shot up 59% last year »
9/1/21 Bend Bulletin: FBI: Hate crime reports rose sharply in Oregon in 2020 »
9/1/21 Oregon Live: FBI launches statewide awareness campaign as hate crimes increase in Oregon »
8/27/21 KATU: Newberg Education Association says school board attacked rights with BLM, Pride flag bans »
8/25/21 KDRV: Community members stand behind the FBI’s hate crime awareness campaign »
8/25/21 Washington Post: Twitch hate raids are more than just a Twitch problem, and they’re only getting worse »
8/23/21 KOIN: 6-year-old ‘traumatized’ after attempted kidnapping in Portland »
8/19/21 The Register-Guard: After 2-year decrease, hate and bias crimes and incidents in Eugene spike »
8/19/21 KTVZ: Redmond man arrested in downtown Bend on assault, bias crime charges after fight »
8/13/21 OPB: Clackamas County employee charged with hate crime »
8/12/21 KPTV: Oregon City police arrest man in connection with hate crime at memorial »
8/12/21 Oregon Live: Oregon school board OKs ban on Black Lives Matter flags »
8/10/21 International Business Times: Oregon Woman Harassed, Assaulted by Couple Over ‘Abolish ICE’ Car Sticker »
7/28/21 Oregon Live: City removes York statue in Mount Tabor after it was toppled, vandalized overnight »
7/25/21 Oregon Live: Portland mural honoring George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery defaced with white supremacist graffiti »
7/23/21 Oregon Live: Oregon home manufacturer sued for alleged racism, discrimination »
7/21/21 The News-Review: Roseburg City Councilor Bob Cotterell criticized for gender identity joke, transphobic comments »
7/18/21 The Register-Guard: Eugene Asian woman’s house shot with paintballs in alleged hate crime »
7/9/21 The Register-Guard: Asian man arrested after allegedly threatening Black people in downtown Springfield »
7/2/21 Oregon Live: More than 1,000 hate and bias crimes in Oregon reported to state hotline last year »
7/2/21 KPIC: Reports to the Oregon DOJ’s bias crime hotline surged by 134% in the second half of 2020 »
6/28/21 Oregon Live: Grant High softball coach, players sue Portland school district, alleging discrimination over off-campus dirt field »
6/27/21 Oregon Live: Portland Timbers say racist taunt occurred during match with Minnesota United, allege poor handling of the incident by officials »
6/27/21 Oregon Live: York statue atop Mount Tabor defaced with hate symbol »
6/24/21 Oregon Live: Forest Grove residents receive menacing anonymous letters about Black Lives Matter signs »
6/24/21 Oregon Live: ‘Parody’ email accusing Washington County sheriff of ignoring racism leads to criminal charges against ex-employee »
6/23/21 KDRV: California men charged in Ashland hate crime assault on Black gas station attendant »
6/22/21 Oregon Live: Former Oregon principal accuses school district of discrimination »
6/17/21 Newsweek: Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Charges for Stabbing Black Man in Arby’s »
6/16/21 USA Today: Transgender students protected at school by Title IX, Department of Education says »
6/14/21 KDRV: Oregon DOJ solicits feedback from crime victims and survivors in underserved communities »
6/8/21 Oregon Live: York statue defaced months after appearing on Mount Tabor »
6/8/21 Oregon Live: Former NFL player files racial discrimination lawsuit against Wells Fargo, alleging Portland branch denied credit increase »
6/7/21 Oregon Live: Oregon state song gets new lyrics without racist language »
6/4/21 Oregon Live: Man charged with bias crime accused of threatening, yelling racial slurs at Black man »
6/2/21 Oregon Live: Pacific University professor files $1.3 million lawsuit, claiming he was ousted from job over comments on gender, race »
5/27/21 Metro Weekly: Oregon governor signs bill barring LGBTQ panic defense for violent crimes »
5/26/21 OPB: Oregon lawmakers look to ban people convicted of bias crimes from state recreation areas »
5/24/21 Oregon Live: Clackamas High School defaced in hate crime, school authorities say »
5/24/21 Oregon Live: Washington County woman accused of bias crime after striking child at store over race, officials say »
5/21/21 OBP: BIPOC lawmakers laud accomplishments and outline plan for remainder of Oregon legislative session »
5/18/21 U.S. News & World Report: Police Seek Suspects in Possible Bias Crime Assault »
5/13/21 OPB: Oregon lawmakers vote to ban ‘LGBTQ panic defense’ by accused murderers »
5/12/21 NPR: No Bows And Arrows And No Broken English On The Updated ‘Oregon Trail’ »
5/10/21 Oregon Live: Billboards aim to expose racism’s violent impact on Black people in Portland »
5/8/21 Oregon Live: ‘We rise together’: Asian leaders rally against racism in Oregon »
5/7/21 Oregon Live: Second Forest Grove police officer indicted in neighborhood vandalism case »
5/5/21 ABC News: Survivors of hate crimes and bias incidents speak out about their journey to recovery »
5/5/21 Portland Mercury: String of Fires Lit With Political Yard Signs Leave Piedmont Neighbors Uneasy »
5/5/21 Willamette Week: Black Oregonians Are Imprisoned at a Rate Almost Four Times That of White People »
5/5/21 Oregon Live: Oregon lawmakers call for oversight of how universities handle sexual and racial harassment complaints on campuses »
5/5/21 Oregon Live: Crowd gathers on Portland waterfront to recognize missing, murdered Indigenous people »
5/3/21 Oregon Live: Roseburg High School will retain its contentious Native American-themed mascot »
5/2/21 Oregon Live: Nazi swastikas scrawled across Oregon Holocaust Memorial in SW Portland »
4/29/21 Oregon Live: Comedian Mohanad Elshieky will get $35K settlement in border patrol stop: ‘I’ll never forget the harassment and humiliation’ »
4/28/21 Oregon Live: Alumni, parents, national group slam Linfield’s firing of professor who raised sex abuse, anti-Semitic allegations »
4/28/21 KATU: Man accused of threatening Asian man, child at Scappoose Fred Meyer, court docs say »
4/26/21 Washington Post: Nearly every state has a hate-crime law. Why don’t more people use them? »
4/26/21 Oregon Live: University of Oregon sues ex-campus cop, alleging he lied, withheld evidence in malicious prosecution of Latino bicyclist »
4/25/21 Oregon Live: ‘It’s shameful’: Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler’s dagger, listed by Portland auction house, prompts outrage »
4/24/21 KEZI: Rally held in Albany in support of Black teen who was a victim of alleged hate crime »
4/23/21 Portland Tribune: Noose found at Metro South Transfer Station in Oregon City »
4/22/21 Washington Post: Bill to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans passes Senate with bipartisan support »
4/22/21 Oregon Live: West Linn police scandal follows former city manager to California, where he lost job offer »
4/21/21 East Oregonian: New law would ban bias offenders from public wilderness »
4/20/21 KATU: Two teens face hate crime charges, accused of attacking 13-year-old in Albany »
4/20/21 Oregon Live: Federal prosecutor, FBI agent explain decision not to prosecute officers involved in Michael Fesser case »
4/15/21 Democrat Herald: Albany bias crime victims say they had to push for arrest »
4/13/21 Gazette-Times: Bias crime reported in Albany »
4/7/21 KOBI: Grants Pass educators ‘not at work’ after speaking out against proposed LGBTQ+ bill »
4/2/21 KPTV: DA: Man agrees to participate in restorative justice with Oregon Chinese Coalition in bias crime case »
4/2/21 Oregon Live: Portland man accused of bias crime after yelling slur, trying to run down victim in Gresham, prosecutors say »
4/1/21 Oregon Live: Oregon Senate passes bill making display of a noose a hate crime »
4/1/21 Portland Tribune: Report: Officer was shielded after Black Lives Matter incident »
3/31/21 Oregon Live: David Douglas School Board candidate says she received racist note targeting Asians »
3/27/21 Oregon Live: Bend police acknowledge canine name change after criticism »
3/26/21 Oregon Live: Damian Lillard wears ‘Stop Asian Hate’ T-shirt at Portland Trail Blazers’ game against Orlando Magic »
3/26/21 Oregon Live: 1,000 gather for Stop Asian Hate event in SE Portland »
3/20/21 Oregon Live: ‘Stand up and speak out’: About 200 rally in Portland against anti-Asian racism »
3/19/21 KGW: ‘People are afraid for their lives’: Asian American communities in Oregon angry, fearful after Atlanta shootings »
3/19/21 KGW: Two hate crimes against Asian Americans that Portland’s DA is looking at right now »
3/18/21 KATU: Bias crimes on the rise in Oregon »
3/17/21 KATU: Oregon leaders condemn Atlanta attacks, report rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans »
3/17/21 KOIN: Portland man in custody ahead of bias crime trial »
3/17/21 Oregon Live: Asian American leaders in Oregon react to Atlanta shootings: ‘I am scared for our community’ »
3/17/21 Oregon Live: Opinion: A call to community amid uptick in anti-Asian crime and harassment »
3/8/21 National Geographic: Oregon once legally banned Black people. Has the state reconciled its racist past? »
3/8/21 Oregon Live: West Linn residents call on state to fire former Lt. Mike Stradley from state public safety training agency »
3/8/21 CNN: A sculpture of the enslaved Black explorer who was on the Lewis and Clark expedition was mysteriously placed in an Oregon park »
3/8/21 Statesman Journal: Banning hate: New penalties proposed for bias crimes in Oregon »
3/5/21 Oregon Live: Mayor Ted Wheeler calls for review in hit-and-run case that falsely implicated Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty »
3/5/21 Oregon Live: Former Portland Trader Joe’s employee sues company, saying she was fired after questioning Black Lives Matter policy »
3/5/21 KDRV: Medford man found ‘guilty except for insanity’ in racially charged harassment case »
3/4/21 Independent: Oregon moves to ban public display of nooses, calling them symbol of racism »
3/4/21 Oregon Live: Judge’s ruling criticizing Oregon prison medical chief spurs claims of racism »
3/2/21 OPB: Oregon lawmakers could make it a crime to display a noose »
2/17/21 KEZI: Eugene Residents Victims of Hate Crime »
3/3/21 KOIN: Willamette University student victim of possible hate crime »
2/12/21 USA TODAY: ‘Stop killing us’: Attacks on Asian Americans highlight rise in hate incidents amid COVID-19 »
2/11/21 Oregon Live: TriMet launches investigation after supervisor’s racist social media posts »
2/11/21 Willamette Week: TriMet Supervisor Posts TikTok Videos Mocking Asian and Black People »
2/10/21 Oregon Live: Asian-owned businesses hit in more than a dozen acts of vandalism in Portland’s Jade District »
2/9/21 Oregon Live: Gresham police chief created ‘hostile’ work environment, report finds »
2/9/21 Lake Oswego Review: Defendant pleads guilty to charge in Lake Oswego deer head incident »
2/8/21 KOIN: West Linn cop’s blackface clown painting removed from school »
2/6/21 Oregon Live: ‘Hateful, racist’ emails prompted state to close coronavirus vaccine equity group meetings to public »
2/3/21 KATU video: 12 Oregon nonprofits that help communities impacted by inequity receive $5M in grants »
2/3/21 Oregon Live: Man accused of yelling racist slurs at Black Portland police officer faces bias crime allegation »
1/27/21 KOIN: Asian-American woman kicked on bus; man faces bias crimes »
1/26/21 OPB: Symbols of white supremacy confront Redmond teen »
1/25/21 Oregon Live: Man arrested after allegedly berating SE Portland worker with anti-Muslim slurs »
1/20/21 Oregon Live: Threatening robocalls target former Oregon political candidates — all people of color — day before inauguration »
1/18/21 Washington Post: In ‘battle for the soul of Salem,’ a Black business owner is targeted »
1/11/21 Oregon Live: Clackamas County commissioner faces calls to resign over Islamophobic posts »
1/8/21 Oregon Live: Police ask for help identifying woman who reportedly used racial slur, spit in driver’s face in Wilsonville road-rage incident »

12/24/20 KOIN: West Linn home tagged, bias crime investigation underway »
12/24/20 Oregon Live: Man charged with bias crime after racist assault at MAX stop, prosecutors say »
12/21/20 KATU: Aloha man faces bias crime charge, accused of threatening FedEx driver, deputies say »
12/18/20 KDRV: Two Oregon Men Face Federal Hate Crime Charges After Alleged Beating of Black Man in Washington »
12/13/20 Southwest Connection/Pamplin Media: Former PSU professor says surviving hate crimes cost her her job »
12/9/20 Willamette Week: Here’s Why Prominent Black Activists Say They Fear Opening Their Mailboxes: Portland City Council responded this week to a “kill list.” »
12/10/20 Oregon Live: Most harmed by crime are the least helped, a new study finds »
12/10/20 NPR: With Far-Right Extremism On The Rise, Germany Investigates Its Police »
12/9/20 OPB: Reports of hate crimes and harassment increase in Oregon »
12/9/20 OPB/AP: Supreme Court rejects Oregon parents’ effort to limit transgender students »
12/3/20 Washington Post: A family got a racist note after putting up a Black Santa. Soon, neighbors began displaying their own Black Santas. »
12/2/20 OPB: Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office singled out for racial disparities in stop data »
12/1/20 Mail Tribune: Ashland police investigating whether suspected killer should face bias crime charges »
12/1/20 Oregon Live: Lake Oswego student plans to sue superintendent, state senator over alleged discrimination at school »
11/20/20 Oregon Live: Activists, journalists targeted in ‘kill list,’ one of several racist notes sent to public figures this week »
11/19/20 Oregon Live: KOIN-TV’s Ken Boddie says of racist hate mail: ‘I was more disappointed in humanity than fearful’ »
11/16/20 NPR: FBI Report: Bias-Motivated Killings At Record High Amid Nationwide Rise In Hate Crime »
11/11/20 Willamette Week: Bias Crimes Have Spiked Since Racial Justice Protests Began. Most of the Victims Are Black »
11/2/20 Oregon Live: People with disabilities accuse local, state and federal police of violating their free speech rights at Portland protests »
10/31/20 Oregon Live: 2 deer heads left near Black Lives Matter and Biden/Harris signs in Lake Oswego, police say »
10/27/20 KPTV: Police identify victim, suspect in deadly Salem shooting » [2nd degree murder, 1st degree bias crime, unlawful use of a weapon]
10/27/20 Oregon Live: Oregon woman sues Lane County Republican Party, alleges members mocked her disability, refused to provide wheelchair access to meeting
10/21/20 The Register-Guard: City of Eugene issues 2019 Hate and Bias Report, finds decrease in bias crimes»
10/20/20 Oregon Live: Noose found in park near SW Portland school; police investigating »
10/16/20 Oregon Live: Lawsuit: Gas station refuses to sell gas to Black customer, implies he’ll use it to start fires at Portland’s protests »
10/14/20 MCDA: DA Mike Schmidt announces the filing of three unrelated bias crime cases »
10/13/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Impersonator spews racist slurs in Newberg online class »
10/13/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Anti-Semitism at Wilson High targeted Portland teacher »
10/12/20 Argus Observer: Ontario, OR man facing felony, misdemeanors for bias crimes »
10/9/20 CNN: Yelp adds alerts for businesses accused of racism »
10/8/20 KATU: Through training, policy West Linn Police Department addresses racial inequalities »
10/7/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Racist outburst impedes learning at Portland middle school »
9/29/20 KGW, Pamplin Media: ‘Zoombombers’ disrupt Portland-area classes with racist comments »
9/24/20 Eugene Weekly: Hate Crime on Emerald Street »
9/23/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: ‘Blatantly racist’ intruder mars David Douglas school event »
9/18/20 OPB: Oregon bans Confederate flag, other hate symbols from public schools »
9/18/20 Bend Bulletin: Colorado man indicted for federal hate crime after stabbing Black victim in Eastern Oregon, prosecutors say »
9/18/20 Lincoln Journal Star: Former Lincoln, NE man indicted in Oregon, accused of hate crime in connection to stabbing »
9/16/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Hackers, racial slurs disrupt classes at Lake Oswego High »
9/16/20 Clackamas Review: Clackamas high schools’ orientation days derailed by slurs »
9/3/20 OPB: In Rural Oregon, Threats And Backlash Follow Racial Justice Protests »
8/27/20 MCDA: Man accused of committing a racially motivated assault »
8/22/20 KEZI 9: Victim of assault, bias crime in Eugene shares story »
8/20/20 Oregon Live: SW Portland Jewish center damaged in 2nd fire in under a week »
8/19/20 KPTV: Portland man accused of bias crime: ‘I figured the least violent thing I could do is tear up a few signs’ »
8/19/20 Willamette Week: Two Fires at a Westside Jewish Community Center in a Week Raise Questions »
8/5/20 OPB: Neighbors ask Lake Oswego family to remove signage in support of Black Lives Matter »
7/27/20 Central Oregon Daily News: Bend Man charged with hate crimes against DoorDash delivery driver »
7/21/20 The Outlook, Pamplin Media: Man charged with bias crimes against Troutdale teens »
7/9/20 Portland Tribune, Pamplin Media: Anti-trans hate crime under investigation in Wilsonville »
7/7/20 Oregon Live: University of Portland administrator who investigates misconduct says she faced retaliation from top leaders; UP promises inquiry »
7/6/20 Oregon Live: 7 arrested, accused of racist harassment, illegal fireworks on Oregon coast beach »
6/24/20 Oregon Live: Judge sentences MAX train murderer Jeremy Christian to ‘true life’: He should never be released from prison »
6/23/20 Mail Tribune: Grand jury indicts Medford counter-protester with hate crime »
6/18/20 Oregon Live: Gold Beach mayor resigns from nonprofit after email railing against Black Lives Matter »
6/18/20 Oregon Live: Clackamas County deputy who knelt on black 12-year-old boy’s neck has left him in ‘fear of police,’ $300,000 lawsuit says »
6/10/20 Oregon Live: Washington County jail deputy attacks drunk man posing for booking photo, video shows »
5/18/20 Oregon Live: Multnomah County DA urges Asian Americans to call cops if they’re targeted with bias crimes during COVID-19 pandemic »
4/30/20 OPB: Oregon Hate Crime Reports Up 366% Amid Coronavirus Pandemic »
2/18/20 Washington Post: Boss fearing bias suit gets ‘fishing buddy’ police chief to have potential plaintiff arrested »
2/12/20 Oregon Live: ‘Old-boy-style racism’ by small-town cops leads to $600,000 payout to Portland man »
1/13/20, KIRO 7: Oregon man charged with attempted murder, hate crimes in attack on 70-year-old immigrant »
1/6/20 The New York Times: Portland Woman Accused of Snatching Hijab Is Charged With Hate Crimes »

11/23/19 Willamette Week: Portland Man Who Threatened Ukrainian Immigrant Ordered to Write An Essay About Challenges Facing Immigrants »
10/21/19 Willamette Week: Portland Man Who Shouted Slurs and Shoved Gay Men Is First Person Convicted Under Oregon’s New Bias Crime Law »

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