Tiffany Camhi

1 week ago | opb.org | Tiffany Camhi

Entire degree programs and numerous faculty positions within Linfield University’s College of Arts and Sciences are on the chopping block as administrators at the private liberal arts school consider different ways to offset a nearly $5 million budget deficit. Some students and faculty oppose a new budget plan from Linfield University leadership that calls for departmental cuts and restructuring.

1 week ago | opb.org | Tiffany Camhi

Student groups rally on the Portland State University campus in Portland, May 5, 2025, protesting an event featuring speaker Riley Gaines. An appearance by a former athlete on a speaking tour drew dozens of protesters to the Portland State University campus — a part of the city that has had extensive protests in recent years, including the occupation a year ago of the campus library over the war in Gaza.

1 week ago | opb.org | Tiffany Camhi

Just over a year ago, students at Portland State University pushed the boundaries of free speech on campus: Students joined a nationwide movement across campuses calling for an end to the war in Gaza; they set up camps on the park blocks, demonstrated outside campus buildings and occupied the university’s library for days. Now, tolerance for conservative speech will be tested at the left-leaning campus in downtown Portland, as an outspoken former athlete is set to speak at the university.

2 weeks ago | kuow.org | Tiffany Camhi

s President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton mark the 20th anniversary of the AmeriCorps national service program, hundreds of new volunteers are sworn in for duty at a ceremony, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file The attorneys general from Washington and Oregon are joining a coalition of states in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s recent attempts to dismantle AmeriCorps.

2 weeks ago | opb.org | Tiffany Camhi

The attorneys general from Oregon and Washington are joining a coalition of states in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s recent attempts to dismantle AmeriCorps. Moves to gut the 32-year-old federal volunteer agency have come quickly over the past two weeks, according to court documents. AmeriCorps leaders have placed members in its landmark national volunteer program, as well as the vast majority of its staff, on administrative leave. Pink slips were issued last week.