Oregon suffers from a severe, long-standing housing crisis. Many families are one missed paycheck away from eviction, tens of thousands
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Chair Meek, Vice-Chair Boquist, and members of the Committee: My name is Daniel Hauser (he/him), Deputy Director for the Oregon
Co-Chairs Sollman and Bynum, Co-Vice Chairs Knopp and Wallan, and Members of the Committee, My name is Daniel Hauser (he/him),
Tax Day is here. There’s no better moment to reflect on our tax system — the system by which “we
Care workers play a vital role in our communities. They feed, bathe, and otherwise care for those who cannot take
Making Oregonians more economically secure requires investing in our well-being: housing, education, child care, and more. One fair way to
Chair Meek, Vice-Chair Boquist, and Members of the Committee, My name is Nhi Nguyễn, Policy Analyst for the Oregon Center
Making Oregonians more economically secure requires investing in our well-being: housing, education, child care, and more. One fair way to
Oregon no longer dwells in the bottom when it comes to ensuring families eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit
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Income Inequality in Oregon: What Does the Latest Data Show?
Income inequality in Oregon remains vast, but history shows this is not inevitable.
December 11, 2025
How Trump Is Hiding Hunger and Why Poverty Persists
This episode examines what the end of the federal food security report means for Oregon, as well as why poverty is a policy failure, not an individual failure.
November 13, 2025
How big corporations hide their profits — and how to stop it
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October 9, 2025
Lessons from the IRS: a case study of structural racism in our tax system
Now that Tax Day is behind us, audit season has begun. The IRS will flag some tax returns for closer