Steve Law

Retired newspaper reporter/editor. Husband, father of three, grandpa, and son.

[Steve Law @SteveLawTrib]

How the KKK came to dominate Oregon politics a century ago: Part 2 of my five-part series on the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon ran this week in the Portland Tribune. It's available here, with no pay wall this month: https://t.co/jeTfkaK7F9

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One of my passions in retirement has been unburying Oregon's racist history. This week the Portland Tribune is running the first part of my series on the sordid history of the KKK in Oregon. You can find it on-line at https://t.co/QTsyPasoqk... and on news racks around town.

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While covering Kurt Schrader in the Oregon Legislature, he always claimed to be a fiscal conservative. But letting Medicare take advantage of its bulk purchasing strength is the essence of fiscal conservatism. Why doesn't Schrader get that? https://t.co/YnGRvAox6s

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On Saturday, Juneteenth, I’ll be in Coos Bay to witness a ceremony honoring Alonzo Tucker, Oregon’s lone documented lynching victim.
You can watch a 10 a.m. livestream of the event at https://t.co/NmfRJj2qp7, and learn about future initiatives by the Oregon Remembrance Project.

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After the George Floyd murder, I decided to write about racist atrocities in my back yard, and penned this piece about anti-Chinese riots in Mt. Tabor area in the 1880s. https://t.co/rTyzkMGcyR

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Providing Covid-19 tests, PPE, ventilators?
Trump: Let the states do it.
Urge citizens to reduce Covid-19 cases by wearing masks?
Trump: It's up to individuals to decide.
Policing Portland during demonstrations?
Trump: This is a job for Cadet Bone Spurs!

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On July 4, 2020, Frederick Douglass's stern and brilliant admonition to white people 168 years ago today seems very timely: https://t.co/pKUe124xnp

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Glad you are safe, Zane. Keep up the great work, despite the harassment!

[Zane Sparling @PDXzane]

Portland Police charge protesters tonight.

Officer: Move!

Me: MEDIA!

Officer: I don’t give a shit! Go!

I was shoved into the wall, then hit in the heel by some sort of crowd control munition. I’m fine

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A few years ago while reporting for the Portland Tribune, I worried when a colleague went off to Turkey to serve as a reporter, as it had a terrible track record for repressing journalists. Who knew the U.S. would become such hostile ground to tell the truth?

[Zane Sparling @PDXzane]

My report on tonight's protest in Portland: https://t.co/tzpUixm8wg

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One week into retirement, I'm loving it! Retirement party. Yoga. Swam laps. Dragon boating. Biked downtown for the first time on my recumbent bike. Cooked pozole. Hosted a dinner party. Saw Bye Bye Birdie. Oh, and got radiation therapy for a benign tumor on my auditory nerve.

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@JessieDarland Keep trying, Jessie, because you're going to make it in this field if you persist!

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HEADING HOME: I am happy — but also a bit sad — to announce that today is my last day at work for the Portland Tribune, as I'm retiring after more than 35 years as a news reporter/editor. Folks who want to stay in touch can try me at: [email protected]

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Schnitzer entertains Volunteers of America rehab center at Wapato jail site: https://t.co/tTP9T2WuGd

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Why are Latino homeownership rates going up while African-American homeownership rate continues to slide in Portland?
https://t.co/dyX0YLPy0q

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New fight brewing over planned oil-by-train terminal expansion in Northwest Portland: https://t.co/lGBP3w759o

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CLASS DIFFERENCES: Portland neighborhoods fighting hardest against Residential Infill Plan will see the least impact from it: https://t.co/YQuzvTyAzh

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Yakama Nation blocks Maya Lin art installation honoring historic Celilo Falls settlement on Columbia River: https://t.co/rLkb7W0bl4

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Portland planners acknowledge Residential Infill Plan will worsen displacement in east Montavilla, Lents and Brentwood-Darlington neighborhoods: https://t.co/oFT0PYbaUF

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Let it flow? Portland, environmentalists explore ways to let Columbia River flood naturally into green spaces beyond its banks—but that might put Heron Lakes Golf Course and PIR under water. https://t.co/KL21gSgB9e

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HELP US TAX OURSELVES!
Local officials call on Oregon Legislature to create new countywide utility and taxing district in Portland area to shoulder load to protect us from Columbia River floods: https://t.co/akNCgLTve6