My latest on AI, Google and Natural Intelligence here: www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/the-...

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THE BLACK BYLINE: What My Grandma’s Garden Taught Me About AI and the End of the World - Portland Mercury All money ain’t good money —Black Proverb, 4080 BACK TO “THE FUTURE”  Ask just about anyone to envision a futuristic world—robots, bright lights, and flying cars are likely to come to mind. Less likel...

How I’m feeling about the end of the world… in my newest latest as we get ready to celebrate #EarthDay next week 🌍

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It applies to so much 😂

THE BLACK BYLINE: The Prodigal Elk Statue — And What It Really Means for Portland - Portland Mercury God is Change—Seed to tree, tree to forest; Rain to river, river to sea; Grubs to bees, bees to swarm. From one, many; from many, one; Forever uniting, growing, dissolving—forever Changing. The univer...

Today the Elk returns to downtown . Read all my thoughts on it here www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/the-...

Appreciate it 🙏🏾.

My column The Black Byline drops every two weeks or so. Here’s my past ones www.portlandmercury.com/category/the...

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My latest explores The Elk and all its glory

THE BLACK BYLINE: The Prodigal Elk Statue — And What It Really Means for Portland God is Change—Seed to tree, tree to forest; Rain to river, river to sea; Grubs to bees, bees to swarm. From one, many; from many, one; Forever uniting, growing, dissolving—forever Changing. The univer...

So the elk statue is coming back… what’s it mean for Portland today? I tackle it in my latest essay — Read now: www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/2026...

Since I switched from doing journalism to opinion writing in recent years it has been ILLUMINATING 😂

Yes, but I’m biased 😂

My latest column 👀

First Black woman to be on the council! Charles JorDan was the first Black commissioner 🙏🏾

The Portland Police, like police forces in cities all across this country, will never stop asserting they need more money and more cops no matter how much funding they get. It’s a massive scam that plays on people’s fears about cities, and we have to stop playing into it.

THE BLACK BYLINE: Portland Police Union Insults Our Intelligence An attempt by Portland Police to recolor the thin blue line to green was gently swatted down this week by a Multnomah County judge. The Coalition of Communities of Color mounted a legal challenge agai...

@donovanscribes.bsky.social is spot on and leads with:

"An attempt by Portland Police to recolor the thin blue line to green was gently swatted down this week by a Multnomah County judge."

THE BLACK BYLINE: Portland Police Union Insults Our Intelligence

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THE BLACK BYLINE: Portland Police Union Insults Our Intelligence An attempt by Portland Police to recolor the thin blue line to green was gently swatted down this week by a Multnomah County judge. The Coalition of Communities of Color mounted a legal challenge agai...

In my latest essay, I ask the question: why are the cops trying to take money from the environment? Latest installment of The Black Byline below:

www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/2026...

For the month of February, the Mercury is celebrating Black History Month with a feature package dedicated to Black innovation in Portland—edited by author extraordinaire Donovan Scribes.

Ten Black Portland Innovators and Changemakers You Should Know [What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury's Black Innovators & Changemakers issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you're feeling generous...

Black History Month isn’t just about honoring the past—it’s about celebrating the future being made right now. History is happening in Portland every day.

From arts to activism, Black Portlanders are reshaping the Rose City. Meet 10 Black innovators and changemakers making history in Portland.

Black Innovation 2026 - Portland Mercury, News. Entertainment. Trouble. Articles about Black Innovation 2026, Portland Mercury, News. Entertainment. Trouble.

WE BACK — very proud to partner w the @portlandmercury.com again to put out its first every Black History Month issue EVER‼️

The theme is Innovators & Changemakers and I’m amazed at all the incredible work ppl have put in in this city — go read for yourself.

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One of Oregon’s few Black-owned publications shutters as newsrooms across the state shrink The Skanner has covered politics, policy and other community issues in Oregon and Washington for five decades.

I will ALWAYS have respect for The Skanner. They were instrumental in my young career.
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In the truest sense can say I don’t know where I’d be without Black media.

A thin blue line between POL/ICE

Great to talk about the great start 2026 is already off to 😂

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Thanks for reading 🫡. More ahead in 2026

Here’s my Top 10 Moments from 2025 in Portland — a wild ass year in the city — Read that ⬇️

Appreciate you reading. This was my longest one yet. but I wanted to make sure I connected these dots as clearly as I could. My column is called the Black Byline — you can see some of the past pieces on the Merc’s site but def more to come!

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THE BLACK BYLINE: Netflix’s Perfect Neighbor Proves That Not All Hate Wears Hoods “Some things you can't escape Death, taxes, and a racist society that make Every nigga feel like a candidate For a Trayvon kinda fate Even when your crib sit on a lake Even when your plaques hang on a...

@netflix.com ’s The Perfect Neighbor is a perfect window into why police reforms like body cameras don’t keep us safe as promised as we watch a real life horror film unfold through body cams.

I talk about it in my latest The Black Byline:
www.portlandmercury.com/opinion/2025...

Seeing my words in print — unmatched feeling

The Black Byline is in the Winter Edition of @portlandmercury.com — go read that