Making $2.15 an hour certainly does sound worse than today’s minimum wage, which federal law mandates must be at least
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Catch OCPP executive director Chuck Sheketoff in AMERICAN WINTER, a documentary that follows the stories of eight Portland-area families struggling
OCPP policy analyst Janet Bauer submitted testimony to the Oregon House Health Care Committee in support of HB 2134. This
It's not as well known as the 9-1-1 emergency line, but for thousands of Oregonians, calling 2-1-1 can be a
Oregon is making progress in extending health coverage to Oregonians. As the most recent Census Bureau data shows, the development
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While Oregon families in the bottom fifth of the income scale pay 8.3 percent of all of their income in
EITC Awareness Day highlights one of the most important federal tax credits, the Earned Income Tax Credit. Hopefully, this day
In the last years of his life, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. waged a campaign to end economic inequality
Hear and meet one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, talk about income inequality, the state of the middle
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She Has a Good Job. She Still Needs a Food Bank: Oregon’s Affordability Crisis
What does it mean when you have a good job, work full time, and still can’t afford to make ends
October 22, 2026
“Never Seen So Many People Lose Food Assistance So Quickly”
At a time when the cost of food and other essentials has been on the rise, our nation’s most important
October 8, 2026
Tripling Union Membership Would Transform the Nation
A big increase in union membership would go a long way in fixing what’s wrong with the economy, according to
August 13, 2026