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May 5, 2021

Environment

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Illustration of a gun with a sign hanging from it, featuring a peace sign, a tree and a rainbow and the words: Wildlife Council

Proposed ‘wildlife council’ would be a publicly funded marketing agency for Oregon’s hunting, fishing industry

Critics say a bill with ties to an out-of-state organization and a pro-hunting PAC ignores the voices of conservationists who don’t hunt or fish
By
B. Toastie
May 5, 2021

Opinion

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U.S. Capitol

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
By
Janet Bauer
May 5, 2021
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Lennard Ward's mugshot and an aerial photo of OSCI's campus

Opinion | How excessive mandatory sentencing continues slavery’s legacy

Today, the institution of mass incarceration subjects Lennard Ward to the same discrimination inflicted on his ancestors
By
Ga lo Vann
May 5, 2021
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Two women stand in front of the Street Roots office, one is carrying a large box. Tents line the street.

Kaia Sand | Go big, Mayor Wheeler. Our city needs Portland Street Response.

OPINION | The mayor proposes underfunding the non-police crisis response program by 77%
By
Kaia Sand
May 4, 2021

Social Justice

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Illustration of a gun with a sign hanging from it, featuring a peace sign, a tree and a rainbow and the words: Wildlife Council

Proposed ‘wildlife council’ would be a publicly funded marketing agency for Oregon’s hunting, fishing industry

Critics say a bill with ties to an out-of-state organization and a pro-hunting PAC ignores the voices of conservationists who don’t hunt or fish
By
B. Toastie
May 5, 2021
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Two photos: Jack and Tommy. Both are wearing masks inside the Street Roots office.

Street Roots is once again welcoming new vendors

Weekly orientations are open to anyone interested in selling the newspaper
By
Pat Zimmer
May 5, 2021
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Oregon State Capitol in the spring

Latino farmworkers press Oregon Legislature for overtime pay, other protections

Farmers who oppose these bills testify they have laborers’ best interests in mind, but the campesinos tell a different story
By
Tom Henderson
May 5, 2021
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The gold statue at the top of the Capitol

Bills we’re tracking that affect Oregon’s migrant farmworkers

The 2021 Legislature is discussing overtime pay, the state's sanctuary law, and other issues affecting the low-income Latino community
May 5, 2021
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Ron Wyden wears a mask with American flags, and Jo Ann Hardesty wears a Portland Street Response mask at the Lents fire station

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
By
Joanne Zuhl
May 5, 2021
May 5, 2021, cover of Street Roots
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