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Opinion | The American Rescue Plan Act: A promise of what could be

The federal relief package recognizes that our nation’s crisis began long before COVID-19 Out of the wreckage of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal legislation full of promise has arisen. The American Rescue Plan Act, enacted by Congress in March, could have ...

5 May 2021 - Janet Bauer
Wyden takes Oregon street response model nationwide

Biden includes more than $1 billion over 10 years to fund non-police crisis response in his American Rescue Plan In the year since Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) first introduced the CAHOOTS Act, much has changed to suggest that this nationwide incentive for n ...

5 May 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
Behind the death of ‘Black Messiah’ Fred Hampton

Recently unearthed documents, an Oscar-winning film and today’s racial justice movement bring new significance to the Chicago Black Panther Party chairman’s 1969 assassination The recent discovery of memos related to the 1969 assassination of Black Panthe ...

28 Apr 2021 - Suzanne Hanney
Editorial | Local efforts could bolster Biden’s housing plan

The president’s $2 trillion infrastructure package is a solid start to reversing the impacts of Reaganomics H e may have been president in the 1980s, but Ronald Reagan’s legacy has stuck with us going on four decades. It was during his administration that ...

14 Apr 2021 - SR editorial board
Kaia Sand | Hints of federal progress offer new hope for rectifying old failures

OPINION | The Biden administration’s child tax credit creates a floor on families’ poverty. Can we keep going? On cold concrete we lie on freezing rain and snow We hide behind our blankets, dirty tarps and tent The small and cruel can see we are weak and ...

31 Mar 2021 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | The New Deal for Housing Justice should be a Biden administration priority

America needs to invest in housing infrastructure that provides all of us safety and stability Like the air we breathe and the food we eat, housing is a basic human need. But even before the pandemic hit, our housing system was already broken. We’ve seen ...

24 Mar 2021 - Brook Fadley
Opinion | In remembering the America of yesterday, we pursue the America of tomorrow

On Jan. 20, just two weeks after a Capitol siege rooted in white supremacy, a young poet helped lead us forward Like all of you, I am a knot of entangled emotions. On the one hand, I am strengthened by the orderly transition of power that we witnessed in ...

27 Jan 2021 - Rukaiyah Adams
Street Roots Podcast | Sen. Wyden: ‘Horrifying moment’ at Capitol was domestic terrorism

Episode 15: The Oregon Democrat, who will become the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, also talks about impeachment, social media regulation, an alternative to policing and more After an unprecedented attack on the U.S. Capitol building last week, Se ...

12 Jan 2021 - DeVon Pouncey
Mayors across U.S. are pushing for a guaranteed income

The program, similar to a universal basic income, is targeted to low-income residents As a coalition of city leaders around the U.S. gathers to support a guaranteed income, various communities are evaluating how it might work in their hometowns. A guarant ...

30 Nov 2020 - Annemarie Cuccia
Opinion | Finding truth and reconciliation after an election

The relief that we feel at this moment must be tempered by the realization that the hard work starts now As I write this, the presidential election has just been called. I believe the president-elect is striking the right tone in reminding us that 70 mill ...

18 Nov 2020 - Brian Greer