The federal relief package recognizes that our nation’s crisis began long before COVID-19 Out of the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal legislation full of promise has arisen. The American Rescue Plan Act, enacted by Congress in March, could have ...
5 May 2021 - Janet Bauer
The president’s $2 trillion infrastructure package is a solid start to reversing the impacts of Reaganomics H e may have been president in the 1980s, but Ronald Reagan’s legacy has stuck with us going on four decades. It was during his administration that ...
14 Apr 2021 - SR editorial board
OPINION | The Biden administration’s child tax credit creates a floor on families’ poverty. Can we keep going? On cold concrete we lie on freezing rain and snow We hide behind our blankets, dirty tarps and tent The small and cruel can see we are weak and ...
31 Mar 2021 - Kaia Sand
America needs to invest in housing infrastructure that provides all of us safety and stability Like the air we breathe and the food we eat, housing is a basic human need. But even before the pandemic hit, our housing system was already broken. We’ve seen ...
24 Mar 2021 - Brook Fadley
On Jan. 20, just two weeks after a Capitol siege rooted in white supremacy, a young poet helped lead us forward Like all of you, I am a knot of entangled emotions. On the one hand, I am strengthened by the orderly transition of power that we witnessed in ...
27 Jan 2021 - Rukaiyah Adams
Episode 15: The Oregon Democrat, who will become the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, also talks about impeachment, social media regulation, an alternative to policing and more After an unprecedented attack on the U.S. Capitol building last week, Se ...
12 Jan 2021 - DeVon Pouncey
The relief that we feel at this moment must be tempered by the realization that the hard work starts now As I write this, the presidential election has just been called. I believe the president-elect is striking the right tone in reminding us that 70 mill ...
18 Nov 2020 - Brian Greer
DIRECTOR’S DESK | The Council of Economic Advisers is wrong to recommend a police response When Trump dog-whistles, the hounds of hate come bounding. That’s why Street Roots convened a group of partners on Sept. 25 to draw the line clearly: Donald Trump’s ...
27 Sep 2019 - Kaia Sand
DIRECTOR’S DESK | Our president, who deplores the visibility of homelessness, doesn't understand the federal government’s role in the housing crisis On Monday, Trump free-associated about homelessness with Fox News’ right-wing provocateur Tucker Carl ...
3 Jul 2019 - Kaia Sand
COMMENTARY | Homeless students deserve the same education as their peers Improving educational outcomes for all of Oregon’s students is urgent business. That’s why it was so important to me to add a provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, passed by ...
8 Feb 2019 - Ron Wyden