Recently, more Oregonians became officially “poor,” following publication of new federal poverty guidelines. These guidelines offer an important — albeit
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Income inequality remains, in the words of President Barack Obama, “the defining challenge of our time.”
This report is also available as a PDF: Highest Earning Oregonians Pull Away Income inequality in Oregon is at an
Never has the income gap separating Oregon’s very rich from ordinary Oregonians been so wide.
Today’s Census data shows that while a growing economy has helped Oregon recover ground lost since the last recession, Oregon’s
A growing number of Oregon families are unable to escape poverty despite having a full-time worker, according to the Oregon
Work — even full-time work — is no sure path out of poverty. Most poor families in Oregon are working
Oregon recorded the sharpest increase in food insecurity of any state, even as nationally the share of families struggling to
Despite more than half a decade of economic growth, Oregonians were still more likely to live in poverty in 2015
Five years ago, protestors descended on Zuccotti Park near Wall Street, launching the Occupy movement.
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