WASHINGTON, April 9 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Good News Alert: CAIR Legal Defense Fund Scores Victory for Muslim Men in Oregon CAIR Legal Defense Fund (CAIR LDF) announced that through legal advocacy, Muslim men incarcerated at an Oregon correctional institution celebrated Eid Al-Fitr on the proper date, according to moon sighting. The facility had previously celebrated Eid Al-Fitr on a predesignated d  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Free Press, an advocacy group that is part of the media reform or media democracy movement, issued the following news release: * * * Free Press Action Testifies That Oregon Journalism Bill Would Enrich Mega-Media Corporations and Harm the Public Interest SALEM, OR -- On Wednesday, Free Press Action submitted testimony before Oregon's Senate Rules Committee, raising significant concerns about the current draft of a bill introduced to help compensate local-news productio  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 9 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Discovery reveals protein involved in Parkinson's disease also drives skin cancer Different behaviors of same key protein in neurons, skin cells suggest new therapies should target the alpha-synuclein protein By Erik Robinson A small protein involved in neurodegeneration leading to Parkinson's disease also drives a type of skin cancer known as melanoma, new research led by Oregon Health & Scie  more