This fact sheet provides a long-term view of changes in income going to Oregon's top 1 percent, compared to the
Poverty & Inequality
Poverty & Inequality
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It’s no secret that racial disparities remain in our nation and state.
The Washington Post recently featured a great animated graphic created by John Voorheis, a University of Oregon graduate student, that
Poverty continues to engulf too many Oregonians, and the latest data show things aren't getting any better.
There are many statistics one can summon to show how the economy is failing working Oregonians. But few are more
Work is not a sure path out of poverty. The official poverty line, based on a formula developed in the
Six months ago I noted the great disconnect between Nike CEO and President Mark Parker’s compensation and that of the
Catch OCPP executive director Chuck Sheketoff in AMERICAN WINTER, a documentary that follows the stories of eight Portland-area families struggling
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