Mary King | Street Roots

Articles by Mary King

We want publicly funded preschool for every child in Multnomah County

COMMENTARY | You can help get the UP NOW campaign on the November ballot

By
Suzanne Cohen Angie Garcia Mary King

June 23, 2020
Economic devastation from COVID-19 did not have to be this bad

COMMENTARY | The feds should pay people to stay home while investing in a long-term recovery plan

By
Mary King

May 27, 2020
Business interests fighting Metro tax for homeless services are short on the facts

COMMENTARY | Their real goal may be to stop us from making them pay their fair share

By
Mary King

March 21, 2020
The real impact of universal preschool and a tax on the 5%

COMMENTARY | Pre-K education should be the right of all of our children

By
Mary King

January 24, 2020
Wall Street speculators and the loss of affordable housing

COMMENTARY | Investment giants are inflating Portland housing prices, a local expert argues

By
Mary King

September 13, 2019
PERS reform sticks it to teachers, other underpaid public employees

COMMENTARY | Oregon business lobbyists scapegoat public workers while ignoring corporate responsibility for budget cuts

By
Mary King

May 10, 2019
Big money prevents real progress on rent stabilization

COMMENTARY | Oregon’s new law is nothing compared to efforts in some U.S. cities

By
Mary King

March 1, 2019
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

By
Mary King

March 16, 2018
Fix Portland's housing crisis: Tax big businesses and the wealthy

COMMENTARY | They've been enormously enriched for decades while taxes on the 1 percent have fallen

By
Mary King

November 17, 2017
A progressive economic agenda for Portland

COMMENTARY | With two city council seats open in 2018, these initiatives could be included in a progressive platform

By
Mary King

August 4, 2017

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