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Housing advocates seek cap on Oregon's mortgage interest deduction

Most of the billion-dollar housing subsidy goes to top earners. Realtors will fight to preserve the popular homeowner benefit. Oregon’s biggest – and most beloved – housing subsidy is subsidizing the wrong people. That’s the perspective of a growing coali ...

12 Jan 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
Defending death with dignity: Barbara Roberts, Barbara Coombs Lee reflect on decades-long effort

The former governor and activist speak with Street Roots about the lasting impact of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act Barbara and Frank Roberts were Oregon’s original power couple. By 1991, Barbara was culminating an already remarkable political career by ...

1 Dec 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
Oregon’s radical rural right

How the right-wing Patriot movement is organizing throughout Oregon’s rural communities Oregon’s scenic Harney County, never known for seeking the spotlight, drew the gaze of nearly every Oregonian in January when armed militants occupied the Malheur Nati ...

11 Oct 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
Filmmaker: How right-wing media brainwashed my dad

Jen Senko explains the ‘epidemic’ of conservative media indoctrination — how it originated, how it divides us, and how to respond Jen Senko acknowledges that brainwashing is a strong term, but it’s the one she thinks best describes what happened to her fa ...

3 Apr 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
Portland's efforts to save Joyce Hotel foiled

Owner pulls out of talk with city, which offered to buy the low-barrier, low-cost hotel as long as tenants could stay *This article was updated March 24, 2016, with additional details, including comments from representatives of Precision Property Manage ...

22 Mar 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
Brown is the new white in U.S. politics, progressive researcher says

Steve Phillips says candidates need to pay attention to the rainbow coalition that is the new American majority If today’s political scene has left you feeling less than hopeful, consider the work of Steve Phillips. Phillips is a civil rights lawyer and s ...

17 Mar 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
The end of the Joyce Hotel: Where will the homeless go?

Portland's Joyce Hotel, considered the housing of last resort, is closing March 30 The Joyce Hotel, one of downtown’s last rental havens for Portland’s homeless, has given notice to its residents to vacate the premises by March 30. The mass eviction ...

28 Jan 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
The universal geography of poverty

The photographic journey of Matt Black Like many professional photographers, Matt Black reached the point where he set aside the trusty film on which he’d built an award-winning reputation and embraced the digital world. That was 2012. One of his first st ...

17 Dec 2015 - Joanne Zuhl
Entrepreneurs on the inside: Inmates learn 'the power of choice'

Sonja Skvarla, founder of A Social Ignition, uses the language of business to help people invest in themselves, even when no one else will Joshua Wright has a plan to help people, specifically young adults. His business plan is to create a mixed martial a ...

10 Dec 2015 - Joanne Zuhl
Women in media: Calling the shots

With women still woefully underrepresented in leadership roles in film, TV and advertising, groups such as the ACLU and the 3% Conference are stepping up Whenever Juliana Lukasik is in need of motivation, she turns on the movie “Miss Representation.” The ...

24 Sep 2015 - Joanne Zuhl