Oregon employers face no real downside to stealing the wages of their workers, because the state rarely penalizes them, and
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Oregon employers face almost no downside to stealing the wages of workers, given that the boss rarely pays a penalty
A century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the
Oregon can take an essential step to fix the widespread problem of corporate tax avoidance by enacting corporate tax transparency.
Citing “ample evidence” that corporations have been using aggressive tactics to avoid paying taxes, a report released today by the
Whenever Congress creates new tax breaks for the rich and corporations, Oregon often copies the same wasteful subsidies. This is
All Oregonians deserve to live in dignity — to enjoy economic security and the possibility to thrive. This is doable.
Such a hard year. Such a momentous year. 2020 may go down as a turning point in history. A worldwide
How will historians depict the year 2020? I have been pondering this for the last few months, perhaps as a
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