Report: Affordable housing remains out of reach for many Staff Reports Fewer available rental units, rising demand among renters and higher rents are putting greater stress on low-income renters. That’s according to the annual housing affordability report ...
23 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Labor organizer Saru Jayaraman says that restaurants are the next front in the fight for food justice By Mike Wold, Contributing writer Fair trade, farm-to-table, locally sourced: Restaurant menus are replete with politically correct terms, but the kitche ...
23 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Kshama Sawant took her oath of office Jan. 6 in front of hundreds at Seattle City Hall. She plans to take home an “average worker’s wage” and donate the rest of her $120,000 annual salary to a campaign to create a $15-an-hour minimum wage and other social ...
22 Jan 2014 - Aaron Burkhalter
Bold. That’s the word we would use to describe Multnomah County right now. Multnomah County Chair Marissa Madrigal and the County Commissioners are going big. A new $1.4 million mental health program to prevent people experiencing mental health problems f ...
9 May 2014 - SR editorial board
Around the state, a grassroots movement is calling for a higher minimum wage and a fair shot at economic opportunity. They’re right. The truth is that our wage floor is too low. As Labor Commissioner, it’s my job to ensure that Oregonians are treated fair ...
15 Jul 2014 - Brad Avakian
Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler admits that most Oregonians know very little about what he does — he said even he didn’t know much about the job before he took it. But it’s an important position, and as financial concerns grow across the state, his dep ...
17 Jul 2014 - Emily Green
There has been a lot of discussion about income inequality in our country lately — we are living in a time when wealth is concentrated among the richest Americans, and the gap between the richest and everyone else is the widest it’s been since the 1920’s. ...
1 Dec 2014 - Michael Buonocore
Did you know that to afford a lower-end, one-bedroom apartment at 30 percent of your income in Multnomah County you would need to make about $31,960 annually. That’s about $14.88 an hour. Thinking of something a bit more spacious, maybe with a view? Accor ...
16 Jan 2015 - Israel Bayer
"Hand to Mouth" author Linda Tirado speaks with Street Roots about her own experiences living in poverty In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned to rolling a boulder to the top of a hill, an act that required the greatest exertion, only to ha ...
14 Mar 2015 - Jared Paben
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