With guests Andrea Paluso, Executive Director of Family Forward Oregon, and Mary King, Economics Professor Emeritus at Portland State University,
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Policy for the People is our syndicated radio show and podcast. In it, we dive deeper into the public policies that can lift up all Oregonians.
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Policy for the People is our syndicated radio show and podcast. In it, we dive deeper into the public policies that can lift up all Oregonians.
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Despite often performing work considered essential to the nation's critical infrastructure, undocumented workers live under the constant fear of deportation.
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In this episode of Policy for the People, OCPP Executive Director Alejandro Queral discusses the most recently available figures on
Undocumented workers in Oregon are more likely than not to perform work considered essential during the pandemic, yet they have
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