Once politically marginalized despite their large numbers, both have a candidate in the race for Oregon House District 22, touting differing ideologies Anna Kasachev thought she would spend this spring on the campaign trail, but instead she helps her fel ...
13 May 2020 - Tom Henderson
The government's response to COVID-19 could give Americans a taste of ‘socialized medicine' and lift critics' fears, says Stephanie Nakajima of Healthcare-NOW For all the tragedy wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, Stephanie Nakajima wishe ...
5 May 2020 - Tom Henderson
Meanwhile, the money owed to landlords mounts, and a long-term solution for tenants isn’t certain A commanding majority of people who responded to a survey by the Community Alliance of Tenants want their rents and mortgages suspended entirely for the dura ...
29 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson
Prison reform advocates see an opportunity to rethink who needs to be incarcerated Approximately 3,500 people have been released from California prisons in response to the coronavirus pandemic. If COVID-19 poses a greater threat to public safety than the ...
27 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson
Regional officials’ focus on securing assistance years in the future does little to address today’s crisis, critics say Federal dollars might — someday — be directed toward nonprofits in the Mid-Willamette Valley to help people experiencing homelessness. ...
22 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson
In a town where residents are often contentious with the homeless population, resources for unhoused residents are scarce during the pandemic McMINNVILLE — When McMinnville’s library closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, people experiencing home ...
15 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson
Farmworkers are considered essential workers, but they don’t necessarily receive essential services such as health care and unemployment benefits Beatriz Tapia fears tomorrow. So do billions of other people in a world caught in the grip of a deadly pandem ...
11 Apr 2020 - Anna Pedersen and Tom Henderson
The governor’s decision not to call a special session leaves housing policy recommendations in the balance Morgan Florea doesn’t have to worry for three months about being evicted from her Portland apartment because she can’t pay the rent. Oregon Gov. Kat ...
7 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson
An extension of Oregon’s evictions moratorium and a freeze on rent increases are floated at a Community Alliance of Tenants town hall Jonathan was a surgeon and epidemiologist before he fell prey to a series of spinal injuries and cardiac events. Now he a ...
7 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson