Gov. Kate Brown says special tax treatment amplifies racial inequity A recent state audit of a mortgage tax deduction found it disproportionately benefited wealthy, white Oregonians — Street Roots found many other tax deductions may share the same charac ...
13 Apr 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Secretary of State's Office finds Oregon ranked 6th-highest in the nation for instances of domestic terrorism in 2020, urges state to act Oregon ranked sixth-highest in the nation for instances of domestic terrorism between 2011 and 2020 according to ...
6 Apr 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Close ties raise questions about fairness in the city’s effort to alleviate homelessness After weeks of failed attempts to get homeless Portlanders cleared from several streets downtown near Northwest Third Avenue to make way for a pending event, Daniel K ...
30 Mar 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Nearly 40% of all Oregonians over 65 say they are at risk of losing their homes Nancie Carlson got a notice to vacate her apartment in Klamath Falls, where she lived for the past 10 years, in December. When she found out, she was shocked. She didn’t sleep ...
16 Mar 2022 - Piper McDaniel
The grace period for back rent is over, vulnerable communities expected to be disproportionately impacted Evictions are on the rise in Oregon and experts say vulnerable communities will be disproportionately impacted. Eviction filings have climbed in rece ...
2 Mar 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Portland city government has no plans to relax sweep criteria in safer areas following emergency order Mayor Ted Wheeler announced an emergency order prohibiting homeless encampments along an identified list of dangerous roadways on Feb. 4, drawing immedi ...
23 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel and K. Rambo
Scientists urge regulators to address marine health, sound alarm about acidification S teven Rumrill watches mass deaths take place deep under the surface of the ocean. Last summer, he watched hundreds of crabs struggle to reach a part of the ocean where ...
17 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Labor organizer and former Burgerville grill cook Mark Medina on the significance of the union victory Editor’s Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity After more than three years battling management, the Burgerville Workers Union reac ...
16 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Even when employers break the law, not much happens. W hen asked “why now” — why this moment for people to come together, to brave the risk of getting fired, the strain of psychological warfare in the workplace, to face the basic perils of union organizin ...
9 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Rising unemployment, financial instability and pandemic uncertainty prompt uptick in renter organizing P andemic woes and landlord harassment sparked a surge in tenant unions. Early in the third year of the pandemic, as the omicron variant unravels the sm ...
2 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel