Catch OCPP executive director Chuck Sheketoff in AMERICAN WINTER, a documentary that follows the stories of eight Portland-area families struggling
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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EITC Awareness Day highlights one of the most important federal tax credits, the Earned Income Tax Credit. Hopefully, this day
In the last years of his life, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. waged a campaign to end economic inequality
Hear and meet one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, talk about income inequality, the state of the middle
Oregonians will soon get a chance to hear one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, give his take on
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) increases opportunity and provides pathways out of poverty in every corner of Oregon.
Oregon’s low-paid workers will get a raise starting in the new year, when a 15-cent increase to the state’s minimum
Renewing Oregon’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) should be a top priority for the 2013 legislature.
The income gap that separates Oregon’s richest families from everyone else increased over the past three decades, according to a
It is well known that the official definition of poverty, based on a formula developed in the early 1960s, undercounts
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Another harm from the monstrous U.S. House reconciliation bill: less state revenue
The reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House is truly monstrous, slashing health care and nutrition assistance to help pay
June 12, 2025
“This is a terrible bill”: Rep. Salinas discusses House tax and budget package
Just ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget reconciliation bill – a massive
May 30, 2025
Already alarming, hunger in Oregon is set to worsen due to Trump administration actions
In this episode of Policy for the People, we examine the dire state of hunger in Oregon. Our guest is
May 8, 2025
