The unfiltered lens of Mary Ellen Mark An elephant trainer with his elephant’s trunk gently curled around his neck. Trained street dogs. Homeless people. Disabled children. Prom. Leprosy hospitals. Circuses. Mother Theresa. Oregon State Hospital patients. ...
2 Sep 2010 - Amanda Waldroupe
Progress of a bill that would prohibit discrimination against Section 8 tenants has slowed due to last minute intense, delicate negotiations between landlord and tenant advocacy groups. But it is still expected to pass the Oregon Legislature, largely due ...
13 Jun 2013 - Amanda Waldroupe
Shelters, domestic violence, foster care among priorities commissioner emphasizes in city’s housing agenda Portland Mayor Charlie Hales shocked City Hall watchers when he announced his bureau assignments in early June. With few exceptions, each commission ...
27 Jun 2013 - Amanda Waldroupe
There’s a lot of money — and lives — resting on Oregon’s grand experiment in restructuring health care through Medicaid. Portland metropolitan area’s largest coordinated care organization, Health Share of Oregon, like others across the state, have a manda ...
30 Jul 2013 - Amanda Waldroupe
As Oregon recovers from the recession, the state’s new director of Human Services looks at meeting the needs of a growing demand When Erinn Kelley-Siel became interim director of Oregon’s Department of Human Services in February 2011 and permanent directo ...
14 Aug 2013 - Amanda Waldroupe
When legislators convene in Salem for the Legislature’s month-long session, scheduled to begin Feb. 3, they are likely to focus on economic development, job growth, continuing to fund and reform education, and pass legislation that didn’t quite make it du ...
13 Jan 2014 - Amanda Waldroupe
LaVonne Griffin-Valade doesn’t mince her words. Nor would she. As a former elementary school teacher and aspiring fiction writer, she values the precision of perfect grammar. As the city’s auditor, she values the ability of a well-written, researched — an ...
12 Feb 2014 - Amanda Waldroupe
David Riemer and the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute have a plan that would allow poor Americans to earn wages they need to get out of poverty Reducing poverty by 50 percent sounds like a bleeding heart liberal’s dream. Saying that people shou ...
24 Jul 2015 - Amanda Waldroupe
As development increases, neighborhood associations are organizing to save prominent trees and asking the city to change how it regulates the city’s canopy Three towering sequoias in Eastmoreland. A Paradox walnut near Mount Tabor, one of the densest and ...
13 Aug 2015 - Amanda Waldroupe
Researcher discusses his study of black, teenage 'strivers' from working-poor families The stresses of poverty are well known among scientists and public policy experts. The effects of erratic sleep while homeless, the constant worry low-income ...
27 Aug 2015 - Amanda Waldroupe