Building community for minority professionals
Imagine being a person of color, raised in a diverse community and then moving to the Portland region only to find out that it is the whitest major city in the country, according to the U.S Census.
Year: 2013
Teen activist to meet with Abercrombie CEO
Salon.com: Teen activist Benjamin O’Keefe’s petition calling on Abercrombie & Fitch to stop discriminating against people above a size 10 quickly seems to have caught the attention of company CEO Mike Jeffries.
Massive tornado leaves dozens dead
CBSnews.com: A monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.
Apple dodges taxes on offshore income
The Washington Post: A Senate investigation has concluded that Apple was able to avoid paying taxes on tens of billions of offshore income with a web of entities that had no employees or offices.
Yahoo buying Tumblr
USA Today: Yahoo will pay $1.1 billion in cash for social media blogging site Tumblr.
Eugene energy use declining
Energy use is declining in Eugene, but it’s not all due to residents going green.
Oregon leads country in innovative health care
The past two years have seen two major health care experiments in Oregon.
Nike veteran named LaCrosse president
Nike veteran Robert Sasaki was named president of LaCrosse Footwear.
Young adults fuel Oregon’s wine industry growth
Oregon winemakers say a new generation of wine lovers are helping push double-digit increases in sales.
Land trust opens Oregon office
Washington-based Columbia Land Trust opened a new office across the river in Hood River.