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USCIRF Issues its 2014 Annual Report - 15th Anniversary Retrospective: Renewing the Commitment

The USCIRF report also highlights religious freedom concerns in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, and Western Europe.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), today released its 2014 Annual Report, and recommended that the State Department add eight more nations to its list of “countries of particular concern.”

Under law, these are defined as countries where particularly severe violations of religious freedom are tolerated or perpetrated...

PCC Demands Reforms in Electoral System

Christian youth across the country have joined PCC and participated from different areas of the country. Other PCC youth leaders and representatives addressed the conference.

(ISLAMABAD) - Pakistan Christian Congress, the oldest Christian political party re-organizing in Pakistan has demanded to bring reforms in the electoral system for minorities.

Talking to the PCC Youth Conference, PCC chief said that government of Pakistan should take immediate corrective measures and should restore election system for minority candidates as well. Addressing the Youth Conference via video link, PCC chief Nazir S Bhatti demanded PML-N government to bring reforms in discriminatory laws including blasphemy law.

Salem Police Officer Involved In Shooting (VIDEO)

Salem officer says he was confronted by 47-year old Michael Connelly who was brandishing a knife, Connelly was shot, his condition is unknown.

(SALEM) - A Salem Police Officer was involved in an on-duty shooting on the morning of April 30 at 4792 Lancaster Dr NE.

Officer David Baker, employed by the Salem Police Department for fourteen months, was dispatched to 4792 Lancaster Dr NE at approximately 7:13 am on a report of a domestic disturbance with one of the involved parties armed with a knife.

Why I Support Cannabis Law Reform

Staying positive about a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis.

(SYDNEY, Australia) - It shocks a lot of people, given my previous employment as a NSW Police Superintendent, to learn that I support law reform in relation to Cannabis. There’s an assumption that all police oppose drug law reform. This is incorrect. Police see first hand the consequences of ‘the war on drugs’ and the futility of an enforcement based approach.

Many wonder if we shouldn’t have the same kind of shift that happened many years ago with alcohol. Remember when ‘drunks’ used to get locked up for the night? Now excess alcohol consumption is considered a health issue.

Unidentified Body Found Along Willamette River

The Yamhill County Sheriff's Office is requesting information that may lead to a positive identification of the subject. If you have such information, please contact the Sheriff's Office at 503-434-7506.

(MCMINNVILLE) - On Saturday, April 19th, 2014, the body of an unidentified male was found along the banks of the Willamette River in Yamhill County. The body was located several miles downriver from the Wheatland Ferry crossing.

Due to the state of advanced decomposition, the identity of the person has not yet been determined. A preliminary examination of the body done by personnel at the Oregon State Police Forensic Services...

Two Juveniles Attacked in City Park by Multiple Assailants

Officers were able to obtain a video recording of the incident and more arrests are anticipated.

(MCMINNVILLE) - On April 28th, 2014 at about 8:15 pm, McMinnville Officers responded to a report of a fight or disturbance in the creek bed area of City Park (140 NW Park Dr, McMinnville).

The initial report was of approximately seven individuals assaulting a male and a female. McMinnville Officers managed to contact most of the involved individuals before they could leave the park.

Is America Still a Democracy?

Or Have America’s Unelected Ruling Elites and Their Multinational Corporations Changed it into a Sociopathic, Quasi-Fascist Police State?

(DULUTH, MN) - I was one of many progressive Americans who were rudely - and belatedly - awakened to reality during the era of Ronald Wilson Reagan.

He and his henchmen forced through, with gleeful help from devious NeoConservative Republicans and compliant NeoLiberal Democrats, the massive borrowing and spending programs (that put America’s economy into a $4 trillion deficit, a deficit that benefited the military industrial complex, the nuclear weapons industry, and Reagan’s crony capitalists.

``US seeks to destabilize Muslim nations`` (VIDEO)

Press TV has interviewed Tim King, editor of Salem-news.com to discuss the situation of Iraq since the US-led invasion of the country in 2003.

(TEHRAN / SALEM) - Press TV: Now, we are seeing a lot of bloodshed. This month alone, over 500 casualties, deaths that is, as a result of terrorist attacks on Iraqi soil. How do you see terrorism basically, impeding Iraq’s progress towards democracy?

King: Well, I don’t think we even really know what the source of this terrorism is. You know, the new movie by Jeremy Scahill called Dirty Wars that details the US Joint Special Operation Command’s (JSOC) ventures all over the world over the last few years makes me wonder if this is even a Sunni versus Shia matter.

Tim King Talks Glassblowing With John Kelly At Awear

One of the coolest aspects to me is how collaborative and imaginative this form lends itself to creativity, being able to make a few sections and have friends do the same and build a piece however the mind conceives it.
—John Kelly

(PORTLAND, ME) - Tim King: John, your glassblowing is incredible. How long have you been involved in this art and what drew you in to it?

John Kelly: Both Adam and I have been glassblowers for almost 20 years now. We lived in Portland, Oregon, in the mid ’90's which was the center for these kinds of arts at the time. We both got swept away with the freedom that medium offers you...

Middle, Rich, Poor: Why Inequality Matters

The talk is organized by the Oregon Center for Public Policy and co-sponsored by the Salem Progressive Film Series.

(SALEM) - Come listen to one of the nation's foremost experts on income inequality, David Cay Johnston, on May 3 in Salem. This event is free and open to the public.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author has just published Divided: The Perils of Our Growing Inequality. Johnston edited and contributed to this collection of essays by leading scholars and political figures, including President Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren, Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman.