The Trump administration's rule change would cut food assistance to about 20,000 Oregonians Oregon is joining 13 other states, as well as New York City and the District of Columbia, in suing the Trump administration over a proposed rule change to SNA ...
16 Jan 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
The congresswoman's People’s Justice Guarantee calls for decriminalizing poverty and homelessness Ayanna Pressley remembers running for reelection to the Boston City Council in 2011 when a constituent asked her what she was going to do about the home ...
29 Nov 2019 - Adam Sennott
The congressman from Portland hopes to flip the script on centuries of government-sanctioned discrimination Congressman Earl Blumenauer doesn’t consider himself naive. He’s been in politics most of his life, from the Portland City Council to serving Orego ...
13 Sep 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
COMMENTARY | The sheer number of firearms in the U.S. poses a challenge. Meanwhile, gun owners have profited from buyback events in Oregon and elsewhere. Americans own nearly half of the world’s guns, with approximately 120 firearms for every 100 U.S. res ...
9 Aug 2019 - Lacey Wallace
Fresh from another trip to a Texas detention center, Sen. Jeff Merkley reminds Americans that children are being detained for extended periods, denied basic needs and separated from their families Simply “do the math” to see how the Trump administration h ...
26 Jul 2019 - Emily Green
DIRECTOR’S DESK | Our president, who deplores the visibility of homelessness, doesn't understand the federal government’s role in the housing crisis On Monday, Trump free-associated about homelessness with Fox News’ right-wing provocateur Tucker Carl ...
3 Jul 2019 - Kaia Sand
Sit-lie ordinances are 'cruel and unusual punishment' when no alternatives exist Local governments will have a harder time forcing homeless people out of public spaces after a ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that government cann ...
12 Apr 2019 - Ashley Archibald
Oregon's senior U.S. senator calls for a tax overhaul to support the Green New Deal Oregon’s senior U.S. senator, Ron Wyden, says he intends to use his position as the ranking Democrat of the Senate’s finance and energy committees to push forward the ...
22 Feb 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
She launched the movement more than 10 years ago to support black girls. Today, she fears the hashtag could alienate marginalized groups. A recurring question Tarana Burke is asked by men is: “Can you teach me how I can do better?” “‘Do I have to teach yo ...
9 Feb 2018 - Sandra Pandevski
The U.S. senator from New Jersey talks with a street paper vendor about housing, the environment and employment for all Since arriving in Washington, D.C., in 2013, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has found common ground with some of his most conservative colle ...
19 Jan 2018 - Aida Peery and James Marshall