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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s fight endures; these Oregonians are making sure of it

RBG was a champion for reproductive freedom, equal pay and pregnancy accommodations, and her work carries on through these advocates T he late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has long been acclaimed for carrying the weight of progressive issues in the Supreme ...

7 Oct 2020 - Hanna Merzbach
Street Roots Podcast | Talking with Sen. Jeff Merkley

Episode 10: Oregon’s U.S. senator discusses his efforts to keep federal forces out of protests, COVID-19 assistance, the detention of children at the border, and more On the 10th episode of the Street Roots Podcast, host DeVon Pouncey is joined by U.S. Je ...

7 Aug 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
A twisted tale of authoritarianism, Orwell, Ukraine, fake news and Trump

‘Mr. Jones’ screenwriter Andrea Chalupa has family ties to Ukraine stretching from the 1930s famine to the Trump impeachment — with ‘Animal Farm’ and Soviet propaganda sprinkled in Ukraine being used as a pawn between super states will come as no surprise ...

7 Feb 2020 - Steven MacKenzie
Blumenauer, Tlaib bring housing reform proposal to Portland

The U.S. representatives' housing justice forum draws hundreds Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) took his plan to reform U.S. housing policy on tour this past weekend, joined by fellow Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Hundreds of people packed the Robert G. ...

31 Jan 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Oregon joins lawsuit over SNAP changes

The Trump administration's rule change would cut food assistance to about 20,000 Oregonians Oregon is joining 13 other states, as well as New York City and the District of Columbia, in suing the Trump administration over a proposed rule change to SNA ...

16 Jan 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
Ayanna Pressley's bold plan to reform what she calls America's criminal legal system

The congresswoman's People’s Justice Guarantee calls for decriminalizing poverty and homelessness Ayanna Pressley remembers running for reelection to the Boston City Council in 2011 when a constituent asked her what she was going to do about the home ...

29 Nov 2019 - Adam Sennott
Wyden touts plan to expand affordable-housing tax credit

‘Our housing policy needs a major remodel,’ the senator says During a stop this month in southwest Portland, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) touted his plan to increase the stock of affordable housing and expand the affordable-housing tax credit. Wyden introdu ...

15 Nov 2019 - Christen McCurdy
We stand firm against dangerous White House rhetoric on homelessness

DIRECTOR’S DESK | The Council of Economic Advisers is wrong to recommend a police response When Trump dog-whistles, the hounds of hate come bounding. That’s why Street Roots convened a group of partners on Sept. 25 to draw the line clearly: Donald Trump’s ...

27 Sep 2019 - Kaia Sand
Blumenauer zeroes in on the housing crisis and its racist roots

The congressman from Portland hopes to flip the script on centuries of government-sanctioned discrimination Congressman Earl Blumenauer doesn’t consider himself naive. He’s been in politics most of his life, from the Portland City Council to serving Orego ...

13 Sep 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
Could gun buybacks reduce crime in America? So far: No

COMMENTARY | The sheer number of firearms in the U.S. poses a challenge. Meanwhile, gun owners have profited from buyback events in Oregon and elsewhere. Americans own nearly half of the world’s guns, with approximately 120 firearms for every 100 U.S. res ...

9 Aug 2019 - Lacey Wallace