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fromeverout.com
10 hours ago

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Jan 30Feb 1, 2026

This winter, they present the Alt Awards, a lineup of films from last year that are influential, innovative, and (in their opinion) the all-around best of 2025. Some of the selections overlap with anticipated Oscar darlings (One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value), while others are less mainstream (Fuck My Son!, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You). Categories include most brutal, cover-your-eyes gore (The Ugly Stepsister), most tense family dinner scene (Father Mother Sister Brother),
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fromThe Oaklandside
2 weeks ago

Remembering Nellie Wong, prolific poet and activist from Oakland Chinatown

Nellie attended Oakland High School when her family moved to a neighborhood outside of Chinatown after World War II, the beginnings of integration for ethnic Chinese residents who'd lived under the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943). Her early life, into her late 20s, was rooted in the patriarchal culture in Chinatown and the white American mainstream. That oppression did not sustain her. Nellie's intelligence, creativity, and compassion yearned to break free.
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US politics
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

Shut down but not silenced: Federal workers find their voice

Federal workers face unpaid furloughs during a prolonged government shutdown, prompting increased activism and calls for congressional intervention against proposed budget cuts.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
4 months ago

Iranian labor activist Mohammadi still on death row DW 09/21/2025

Sharifeh Mohammadi, a 46-year-old Iranian labor activist, faces execution after repeated death sentences for alleged armed rebellion linked to her workers' rights organizing.
fromKqed
6 months ago

A New Dolores Huerta Opera Brings a Labor Struggle to the Stage

Benavides' stylistically polyglot score draws on his full spectrum of influences, with electric guitar and saxophone included in the chamber ensemble "to give it some edge."
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US politics
fromSan Jose Spotlight
6 months ago

San Jose lawmaker fights to keep activist's name on Navy ship - San Jose Spotlight

The U.S. Navy is considering renaming USNS Cesar Chavez, prompting pushback from elected leaders and Chavez's family to retain the name.
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