Street Smart Economics | TriMet is moving in the wrong direction when many other cities and countries are implementing free transit with success The TriMet Board voted for a fare increase, while 100 cities worldwide charge nothing to ride public transit. ...
22 Nov 2022 - Mary King
The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes city of Portland’s camps for people who are homeless, as described in five resolutions passed by four of five City Council members The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes the city of Portland’s c ...
16 Nov 2022 - Mental Health A...
While the ‘No on 9‘ committee successfully defeated the measure, it did not challenge the dominant white supremacy that persisted throughout the movement and society 1992 was a significant year in Oregon's political history. The state was in the mids ...
9 Nov 2022 - Cecil Charles P...
Access Denied | Sweeping Portlanders without viable alternatives isn’t a plan Imagine that you’re eating cookies in the kitchen. No plate, no napkin. Standing over the counter, a dusting of crumbs forms under you. Using one hand, you collect them and form ...
9 Nov 2022 - Hanna Brooks Olsen
OPINION | Portland City Council’s camping-ban vote ignores concerns of unhoused Portlanders, undermines progress Like a car wrenching into a U-turn on a slick and treacherous road, Portland City Council dangerously pivoted our city when it voted to ban un ...
7 Nov 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opposition to the anti-LGBTQIA+ Measure 9 rallied support throughout Oregon to fight a shared cause The draconian anti-gay ballot measure put forth by the ultra-Christian Oregon Citizens Alliance, or OCA, in 1992 was barely defeated. It was the first time ...
2 Nov 2022 - Melissa Lang
OPINION | Wheeler, Ryan proposal joins a long line of city actions countered by protests and lawsuits On Oct. 21, Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Dan Ryan proposed “a citywide ban on self-sited unsanctioned encampments coupled with designated alternati ...
2 Nov 2022 - Kaia Sand
Oregonians came close to adopting one of the most regressive laws in the country, but activists and community members fought hard against Ballot Measure 9 Thirty years ago, a ballot measure went before Oregon voters that has since been referred to as “one ...
26 Oct 2022 - Melissa Lang
OPINION | It is the best of plans, it is the worst of plans: Talk to those impacted before voting to change their lives The mayor’s office, along with Commissioner Dan Ryan, unleashed the best of the plans and the worst of plans, with no evidence that unh ...
26 Oct 2022 - Kaia Sand