The American Dream used to mean that if you put in a hard day’s work, you could expect good wages,
Poverty & Inequality
Poverty & Inequality
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Oregon’s middle class is fraying, with well-paying jobs in short supply and the cost of raising a family dramatically increasing.
Oregon’s millionaires are expected to mushroom this decade, which makes one wonder why some lawmakers feel compelled to shower them
Claims that as a nation ‘we’ are broke have taken enough space in recent public discourse to seem beyond question,
What someone spends money on says a lot about what’s important to them.
The Great Recession created a long list of economic hardship for Oregonians, including sharply higher unemployment, declining income and higher
Providing a clearer picture of the recession’s toll on Oregon families, the U.S. Census bureau today reported that the share
The federal recovery act signed into law earlier this year has protected about 84,000 Oregonians from living in poverty.
Oregon was one of only eight states to see its poverty rate rise during the first year of the recession,
U.S. Census Bureau data released today showed that Oregon failed to make progress expanding health coverage or reducing poverty in
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