Take a massive, poorly targeted business-support program. Add to it a highly unusual federal tax break for the businesses getting
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All workers, no matter our place of origin, should be able to earn enough to care for our families. Laws
A century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the
Whenever Congress creates new tax breaks for the rich and corporations, Oregon often copies the same wasteful subsidies. This is
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How will historians depict the year 2020? I have been pondering this for the last few months, perhaps as a
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Oregon cannot achieve economic justice or eliminate racial disparities without taxing the rich. Taxing the rich is an essential step
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