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Protesters facing federal law enforcement outside ICE detention facility in Portland, Oregon with crowds and police vehicles

ICE Raids, State Violence, and Community Resistance in Oregon: How Federal Enforcement Came to Main Street

ICE agents in Oregon were ordered to meet daily arrest quotas, used unreliable surveillance apps to target people, and detained individuals with legal status — including in Woodburn, where officers smashed a farmworker van's windows and detained seven people. A federal judge restricted warrantless arrests, but enforcement continues. This is federal violence hitting Main Street.

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June 20, 2026

Emergency shelter building housing people experiencing homelessness in Central Oregon, showing shelter facilities and community members

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The Numbers Look Better. The System Doesn't: How Crook County's Homelessness Drop Masks a Deeper Crisis

Central Oregon recorded a nearly 20% drop in homelessness — 402 fewer people without stable housing. In Crook County, Prineville went from 367 to 214. But the PIT count's one-night snapshot masks a fragile system running on temporary funding, political gridlock, and a working class one paycheck from crisis. Progress that depends on emergency funding is not progress — it is a pause.

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June 20, 2026

Hundreds of Crook County parents and community members packed a school board meeting to support athletic director Rob Bonner amid the district leadership crisis

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Far-Right Pressure on Crook County Schools: How a Rural Oregon District Became the Front Line of a Takeover

A coordinated far-right campaign captured Crook County's school board in 2023, triggering two years of chaos — resignations, violated open meetings laws, and a community fightback that reveals a broader far-right takeover of rural Central Oregon.

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June 19, 2026

Amazon Web Services data center in Boardman, Oregon, with massive industrial buildings under construction against a cloudy sky

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Boardman: Amazon's Data Center Empire vs. a Town's Drinking Water

How Amazon's data centers supercharged a decades-old water contamination crisis in rural Oregon, poisoned the groundwater of a farming community, paid a fraction of a penny in damages, and kept expanding.

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June 15, 2026

Armed far-right militia members in tactical gear and camouflage at an Oregon protest

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When the Militia Is the Law: How Far-Right Groups Hijacked Prineville's Police and Politics

In Prineville, Oregon, armed far-right militias have infiltrated local police, government, and schools. The police chief publicly smeared a Black BLM organizer. Officers joined the Oath Keepers. Three Percenters brought assault rifles to protests — with police consent. This is the militia-to-school-board pipeline, fully operational — and the community fighting back against it.

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June 1, 2026

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ICE Raids, State Violence, and Community Resistance in Oregon: How Federal Enforcement Came to Main Street

The Numbers Look Better. The System Doesn't: How Crook County's Homelessness Drop Masks a Deeper Crisis

Far-Right Pressure on Crook County Schools: How a Rural Oregon District Became the Front Line of a Takeover

Boardman: Amazon's Data Center Empire vs. a Town's Drinking Water

When the Militia Is the Law: How Far-Right Groups Hijacked Prineville's Police and Politics

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