Many more Oregonians are going hungry this Thanksgiving than at any time in recent memory, new figures from the U.S.
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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
Before the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread to Oregon, poverty afflicted all corners of the state. More than one in 10 Oregonians
The first Pride was a riot. It was a riot against police harassment and violence towards the LGBTQ+ community, a
The following are the 2020 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, informally referred to as the “federal poverty level.” The guidelines determine
When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial to deliver his famed I
Income inequality in Oregon has reached yet another record high. In 2017, the year with the most recently available data,
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