The state's lowest earners struggle to afford housing, deep wealth inequality persists When then-Portland Mayor Charlie Hales declared a housing state of emergency in 2015, many knew the housing crisis had been brewing for decades. The evidence was v ...
17 Jan 2023 - Tyler Mac Innis
New policies that better support workers and employ more people are needed T here appears to be growing consensus among economists and policymakers that inflation is now the main threat to the US economy and the Federal Reserve Board needs to start ratche ...
2 Feb 2022 - Martin Hart-Lan...
TRANSFORMING JUSTICE | Reasons for increased crime vary, so solutions should too Violent crime is up in cities across the nation, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and now Portland — a city not usually on the high-crime map. Mothers are los ...
17 Nov 2021 - Shannon Wight
Contributor Brian Greer reflects on America's wealth inequities and its consequences In the morning, my wife and I walk to our favorite coffeehouse. We stop at the coffeehouse right across the street to chat with neighbors, the one we call “the place ...
6 Oct 2021 - Brian Greer
And the government must help, writes the executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless Donald Whitehead is executive director of National Coalition for the Homeless. “This is no time … to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.” — Dr. M ...
21 Jul 2021 - Donald Whitehead
DIRECTOR’S DESK | While Portland's wealthy make the city appear rich, hundreds of thousands in Multnomah County aren't able to meet basic needs The woman and a man – in their 20s, with big eyes and gentle smiles – stood next to a red sedan. Peop ...
6 Dec 2019 - Kaia Sand
The largest housing subsidy dwarfs the funds dedicated to housing Oregon’s most vulnerable populations The time has come, Oregon. It’s time to modify the state’s mortgage interest deduction. Of course it’s popular, and of course people love it. It’s a ta ...
23 Mar 2017 - SR editorial board
COMMENTARY | 65 other countries do better at paying women equally with men doing similar work The first International Women’s Day, March 8, pushed for women’s right to vote, as well as rights to work, vocational training and discrimination-free workplaces ...
2 Mar 2017 - Mary King
Eli Fishel and her co-workers envision a $5-an-hour raise starting immediately I believe that everyone working, 30 to 40 hours a week especially, should be making enough to live, at the very least. They should also be making enough to move forward in thei ...
7 Jun 2016 - Eli Fishel
Commentary: Oregon nonprofits and businesses currently utilize this statute to pay thousands of individuals a subminimum wage I’m here to sound an alarm. The minimum wage is not, it turns out, actually the minimum wage. You may not know this, but there’s ...
7 Dec 2015 - Stephen Marc Beaudoin