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November 8, 2016, will be remembered as a dark day in Oregon history. An avalanche of corporate-funded misinformation buried the
The Great Recession slammed Oregon public schools, causing teacher layoffs and exacerbating the overcrowding of classrooms. Six years after the
Gosh, if we only had a way to buy products from national retailers while sitting at our computers, then corporations
Comcast, Wells Fargo, Chevron and other corporations are spending millions of dollars trying to scare you into thinking that Measure
The corporate-funded opposition to Measure 97 doesn’t seem to care about facts and consistency. Case in point: an op-ed in
Oregon families that fall on hard times get far less cash assistance today than they did decades ago. Children in
Some of Oregon’s poorest families with children are slated to be among the first victims of state budget cuts, should
Despite more than half a decade of economic growth, Oregonians were still more likely to live in poverty in 2015
We’ve been getting lots of questions from folks about Measure 97 at presentations and by phone and email, and rightly
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Oregon is one of the nation’s top destinations for data centers, attracted by the state’s cheap power and favorable climate.
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Oregon’s subsidized child care program, Employment Related Day Care (ERDC), is on course to run out of money in less
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Underpaid, Overworked, and Essential: Oregon’s Long-Term Care Crisis
In this episode, we examine the crisis in Oregon’s system of long-term care. Demand for long-term care is rising as
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