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Mary King

Articles by Mary King

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    Fist raised. Writing on wrist says: I can't breathe.

    Opinion | Keeping people in their place: The economics of racial violence

    STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Shifts in policy appear more possible now than they have in decades
    By
    Mary King
    September 30, 2020
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    Child using preschool learning toys

    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
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    Sign in window reads: Sorry, we're closed.

    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
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    The eye of Benjamin Franklin on a hundred dollar bill

    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
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    Preschool classroom activities

    Opinion | The real impact of universal preschool and a tax on the 5%

    STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Pre-K education should be the right of all of our children
    By
    Mary King
    January 24, 2020
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    Street signs showing intersection of Wall Street and Main Street

    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
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    Teacher handing money over to corporate exeuctive

    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
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    Illustration of house made of dollars

    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
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    Portland City Hall

    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
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    Graph: Since recession, big income gains at top; not so for middle

    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

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