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Opinion | Solitary confinement ‘was like being in a zoo’

‘I understood what it felt like to be broken,’ recounts a prisoner at Oregon State Penitentiary
By
Basim Floro
April 14, 2021
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An array of hundred-dollar bills

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
By
SR editorial board
April 14, 2021
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Illustration of fists breaking free from handcuffs

Opinion | Oregon legislation that will transform justice

TRANSFORMING JUSTICE | Members of the coalition that created House Bill 2002 explain why the system must change
By
Shannon Wight
April 13, 2021
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Right 2 Rest hearing is this Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Opinion | ‘We all know these laws are only enforced against certain people’

WRAP Director Paul Boden discusses why it matters to pass the Right to Rest Act
By
Kaia Sand
April 9, 2021
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Three Street Roots ambassadors raise their fists outside the Street Roots office

Kaia Sand | It’s time to ‘Strengthen Our Roots’ for decades to come

OPINION | Street Roots’ Ambassador Program means more income opportunities for people experiencing poverty, and it relies on your support
By
Kaia Sand
April 7, 2021
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Barbed wire fence

Opinion | Defeat the prison system’s problems the way a vaccine defeats a virus

By learning from the source. Trauma is a virus, and we prisoners cannot change this alone.
By
Ga lo Vann
March 31, 2021
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Peter Salzmann

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?
By
Kaia Sand
March 31, 2021
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Women carry containers of water

Opinion | Billions lack access to clean drinking water. We must do our part.

Rupal Ramesh Shah: Activists are called on to raise awareness, champion innovative solutions, fight climate change and pay attention to water policy
By
Rupal Ramesh Shah
March 24, 2021
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U.S. Capitol

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
By
Brook Fadley
March 24, 2021
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C3PO villages

Kaia Sand | The pandemic lowered some barriers for unhoused folks. We can’t slide back.

OPINION | We must build on these transformative gains, which have been necessary all along
By
Kaia Sand
March 24, 2021

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