News
Local strategies to fight the federal government’s class war
Right-wing billionaires are funding a class war against the rest of the country, to grab an even bigger share of the pie without regard for the human cost or lack of popular support for their agenda. Late last fall, a bare majority of a deeply divided Congress shoved through a huge federal tax cut, designed…
What it’s like to be the only Pacific Islander in the room
When first-generation Samoan-American Justin Sipoloa went to Astor Elementary School in the early 1980s, he was one of the few brown faces in a sea of white ones. His parents were among the first to “set up shop” in St. Johns, and back then, there were few other Pacific Islanders in Portland. Justin Sipoloa At…
Housing
The housing gap: U.S. is 7 million apartments short
One in 4 of the nation’s 44 million renter households suffers extreme poverty, making 30 percent or less of the area median income. That’s more than 11 million people, the population of Oregon and Washington combined. And they’re trying to fit into 4 million apartments. That’s how many affordable and available apartments exist for the…
Environment
Rally outside Portland timber conference to highlight eco-unfriendly forestry practices
A rally aimed at highlighting what organizers say are weak logging laws in Oregon will be held Tuesday, March 20, outside the main entrance to the International Mass Timber Conference. The third annual conference is expected to draw elected officials, city planners, architects, academics, engineers and timber industry leaders from around the globe. It is…
Culture
What it’s like to be the only Pacific Islander in the room
When first-generation Samoan-American Justin Sipoloa went to Astor Elementary School in the early 1980s, he was one of the few brown faces in a sea of white ones. His parents were among the first to “set up shop” in St. Johns, and back then, there were few other Pacific Islanders in Portland. Justin Sipoloa At…
Opinion
SR editorial: Tomorrow’ s leaders are marching today
On Wednesday, March 14, tens of thousands of students across Oregon and the nation walked out of their schools to say “enough.” Enough with gun laws that ignore the scores of dead students in the classroom. Enough with the lip service, the feeble – and egotistic – pronouncement of thoughts and prayers. In the vacuum…
