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Piper McDaniel

Investigative Reporter

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Piper McDaniel reports on social justice, climate change and other interesting things. She was an investigative fellow at Mother Jones, and has been published in The Oregonian, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, High Country News and others. She won a Los Angeles Associated Press award for her reporting on the role of poverty in California’s black-market cannabis industry. Follow her on Twitter @Piperamcdaniel and email piper@streetroots.org.

Articles by Piper McDaniel

  • Street Roots
    A vial with a cork cap has a tent inside it.

    Urban Alchemy is coming to Portland

    City awards mass camp contract to nonprofit trailed by lawsuits
    By
    Piper McDaniel
    March 15, 2023
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    The background is a wire fence. Above that is a large white circle with large. Inside a smaller circle is a picture of Portland City Hall.

    Details on Portland’s mass camp plans emerge from failed negotiation

    Emails reveal safety and planning concerns — city says 1,000-foot perimeters and weapons checks planned
    By
    Piper McDaniel
    March 8, 2023
  • Street Roots
    A cutout of Oregon with a bright yellow eviction notice filling the state.

    Oregon landlords filed at least 2,324 evictions in January

    Landlords are evicting Oregonians at unprecedented rates. Tenant advocates say there’s no end in sight.
    By
    Piper McDaniel
    February 15, 2023
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    Text in the foreground says, "Domicile Unknown. Multnomah County 2021" in the background are plants and an OHSU hospital sign.

    Homeless Multnomah County resident deaths surge 53% in 2021

    County’s 2021 Domicile Unknown report details deadliest year on record for homeless Multnomah County residents
    By
    Piper McDaniel K. Rambo
    February 15, 2023
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    A large pair of feet walks across a bridge as cars drive on the bridge

    Members of Portland’s ‘expediting groups’ exempt from lobby disclosures

    Peopled with business representatives, the groups give recommendations to the mayor
    By
    Piper McDaniel
    February 8, 2023
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    A tear in paper reveals Benjamin Franklin and hundred dollar bills.

    Portland business interests walk a murky line with lobbying

    Emails with city officials raise questions about what is and isn’t lobbying
    By
    Piper McDaniel
    January 25, 2023
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    A collage of excerpts from from ODOC’s “Quarterly Report for Deaths of Adults in Custody.”

    ODOC fails to disclose cause of more than 63% of in-custody deaths

    State agencies can’t agree on who’s responsible. Experts say this is a transparency problem.
    By
    Piper McDaniel
    December 28, 2022
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    Portland city council building in the background and a cutout of Dan Ryan smiling in the foreground.

    Dan Ryan yet to respond to June call for new tenant protections

    An attorney tasked with enforcing similar protections tells Street Roots why protections work and how they serve to level an uneven playing field
    By
    Piper McDaniel
    December 14, 2022
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    An illustration of a conveyor belt with houses falling off the conveyor belt. Each house has a label that says, "eviction" on it. In the background are a pattern of scales filling the space.

    Eviction court favors landlords

    Oregon is in a housing crisis. Experts say eviction court is part of the problem.
    By
    Piper McDaniel
    December 7, 2022
  • Street Roots
    Photo showing Commissioner Dan Ryan and Mayor Ted Wheeler flanked by staff and volunteers during Nov. 1 town hall at Blanchet House

    Senior policy advisor for Commissioner Dan Ryan resigns in response to plan for mass camps

    A resignation letter said the recently passed plan to ban unsanctioned encampments and construct mass camps will lead to 'irreparable trauma and unnecessary deaths'
    By
    Piper McDaniel K. Rambo
    December 2, 2022

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