[This commentary first appeared in Street Roots.] When then-Portland Mayor Charlie Hales declared a housing state of emergency in 2015, many knew the housing crisis had been brewing for decades. The
Capital gains constitute one of the main drivers of income inequality, which stands at record levels in Oregon. The term capital gains refers to income generated from the profitable sale
How extreme is wealth inequality in Oregon? So extreme that, together, three billionaires residing in the state have about twice the wealth as that of the entire bottom half of
Oregon’s ultra-rich took home more money than ever before in 2020, the first year of the pandemic. Newly available tax return data from the Oregon Department of Revenue shows that
Why is it that you are having to pay more for food and other goods at the checkout counter? Part of the reason may well be because, in the words of the CEO of the nation’s second-largest grocery chain, “a little bit of inflation is always good in our business.”
Corporations today pay far less in Oregon taxes than they used to — an outcome that did not arrive by accident. Rather, it is largely the result of powerful special interests having manipulated the system to their advantage.
Corporations today pay far less in Oregon taxes than they used to — an outcome that did not arrive by accident. Rather, it is largely the result of powerful special interests having manipulated the system to their advantage.
If Oregon’s economy is doing so well, why do workers like Ariel, Tai and Bertha continue to live one paycheck away from financial disaster?
Center policy analyst Tyler MacInnis sat down with Ken Adams, host of The Valley View, and talked about Oregon’s business climate and the imperative to increase the minimum wage.
Work is not a sure path out of poverty. The official poverty line, based on a formula developed in the early 1960s, underestimates what it takes to make ends meet today.