The Key To Oregon Study is a cornerstone of the state's plan to reopen safely, but community health activists are saying the study has a major blindspot when it comes to race. John Notarianni talks with OPB Health and Science Reporter Erin Ross and Tyler TerMeer, CEO of the Cascadia Aids Project.

Memorial portraits have taken a central role in the iconography of protests and social justice movements across the country in recent years. OPB's Claudia Meza & John Notarianni produced this talk with artist Ameya Marie Okamoto about her work and why putting a face to a name can be more powerful than a hashtag.

As the inaugural Black Birding Week comes to a close, Black and Indigenous people, and other people of color, are pushing for more visibility in conversations about conservation and the outdoors in Oregon. OPB's John Notarianni speaks with Keia Booker of Porltand Audobon.

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