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  • Oregon high school track podium protest ignites national debate on transgender athletes

    06/03/2025 12:59:27 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 9 replies
    KATU via MSN ^ | 6/3/25 | KATU staff
    Oregon is once again at the center of a national debate over transgender athletes being allowed to compete in women's sports. A video from the high school girls' track and field state championships went viral over the weekend. The video shows two athletes refusing to step on the podium with another athlete, whom they say is transgender. The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) policy allows transgender students to "access athletics and activities" consistent with the student's gender identity. Alexa Anderson from Tigard High School was one of the athletes who stepped off the podium in protest. She spoke with KATU...
  • Editorial: Removing police from schools a first step in long road to reform

    06/07/2020 7:15:13 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 106 replies
    The Oregonian ^ | June 7, 2020 | By The Oregonian Editorial Board
    Mayor Ted Wheeler’s decision to pull police officers from area high schools ranks as a relatively modest change on the long list of reforms needed to build public confidence in Portland Police. While the removal of school resource officers will affect three Portland-area school districts, it doesn’t address criticisms over police bias and lack of accountability that black Portlanders have highlighted for decades. It shows that the objections students lodged more than a year ago with the Portland School Board over schools’ relationship with Police are gaining traction today. And the decision, announced as protests over the police killing of...