Oregon denies certain tax filers from benefiting from our state’s Earned Income Tax Credit based on their immigration status. My
Raising Incomes
Realizing our human potential depends on having the resources to meet our material needs. Raising the incomes of the lowest-paid workers not only increases economic opportunity but also makes for a more prosperous state.
Raising Incomes
Realizing our human potential depends on having the resources to meet our material needs. Raising the incomes of the lowest-paid workers not only increases economic opportunity but also makes for a more prosperous state.
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Even good public policy can be made better. That’s the case with Oregon’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), one of
A century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the
Many more Oregonians are going hungry this Thanksgiving than at any time in recent memory, new figures from the U.S.
Just as COVID-19 poses greater risk to patients with preexisting conditions, the same may be said of communities. When COVID-19
Before the arrival of COVID-19, the richest Oregonians had set a new record in terms of their yearly income haul.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic upended the economy, the income of Oregon’s ultra-rich had set yet another record. In 2018, the
After months of uncertainty and economic turmoil unleashed by the pandemic, it is tempting to yearn for a return to
Two-thirds of Oregonians who received a federal stimulus check used some of the money to buy food, newly released Census
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Income Inequality in Oregon: What Does the Latest Data Show?
Income inequality in Oregon remains vast, but history shows this is not inevitable.
December 11, 2025
How Trump Is Hiding Hunger and Why Poverty Persists
This episode examines what the end of the federal food security report means for Oregon, as well as why poverty is a policy failure, not an individual failure.
November 13, 2025
How big corporations hide their profits — and how to stop it
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October 9, 2025
Toward Prosperity for All Oregonians: Leave no worker behind