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PERS reform sticks it to teachers, other underpaid public employees

COMMENTARY | Oregon business lobbyists scapegoat public workers while ignoring corporate responsibility for budget cuts The Oregon Legislature is planning a pay cut for public employees, as a big part of a package to restructure the deficits caused by the ...

10 May 2019 - Mary King
The economy is tough on millennials, so they fight back

COMMENTRY | It’s true: These young adults are faring worse than earlier generations A lot has been written and said that is critical of millennials. The business press has been tough on their spending habits. As a recent Federal Reserve Board study of mil ...

22 Mar 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Big money prevents real progress on rent stabilization

COMMENTARY | Oregon’s new law is nothing compared to efforts in some U.S. cities The new Democratic super-majority in the Oregon Legislature raised hopes for real progress on urgent issues, including affordable housing, climate change, an abysmal lack of ...

1 Mar 2019 - Mary King
What politicians get wrong – or do not care – about us

COMMENTARY | Thanks in part to corporate lobbying, lawmakers think constituents are more conservative than they are Midterm elections are long over. But do our elected leaders really know or care what we think about critical issues? Unfortunately, the evi ...

18 Jan 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Gutting workers’ rights with mandatory arbitration

COMMENTARY | Don’t count on the courts to protect you If you think you can rely on the courts, rather than a union, to protect your workplace rights, you better think again. Simply put, the rights of workers are being quietly and steadily whittled down. I ...

23 Nov 2018 - Martin Hart-Lan...
The price we pay for militarism

COMMENTARY | The United States' massive military spending means less money for everything else Republicans and Democrats like to claim they are on opposite sides of important issues. Of course, depending on which way the wind blows, they sometimes ch ...

24 Aug 2018 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Public school teacher strikes show workplace organizing pays off

COMMENTARY | Changing the balance of power to produce meaningful gains While those at the top of the income pyramid continue to celebrate economic trends, the great majority of working people continue to struggle to make ends meet. However, teacher victor ...

25 May 2018 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Labor: Time is now to endorse a Green New Deal

COMMENTARY | The imminent threat of climate change means globalization is now a necessity, not a convenience Traditionally progressive economists start by explaining why both neoliberal globalization as peddled by establishment political parties, and xeno ...

4 May 2018 - Robin Hahnel
Local strategies to fight the federal government's class war

COMMENTARY | State and local taxes on the rich could support affordable housing, child care, health care in Oregon Right-wing billionaires are funding a class war against the rest of the country, to grab an even bigger share of the pie without regard for ...

16 Mar 2018 - Mary King
The case for doing away with NAFTA

COMMENTARY | The controversial trade agreement is set for renegotiation. Could this be the year we finally put our foot down? The North American Free Trade Agreement is unpopular with many people who correctly blame it for encouraging capital flight, job ...

9 Feb 2018 - Martin Hart-Lan...