This week, Congress failed to pass a permanent expansion of the Child Tax Credit. As a result, nearly 19 million kids (including 192,000 children in Oregon) have lost all or part of the credit because their families make too little money. Families across our state will continue to struggle to make ends meet, forced to […]
Now it’s up to Oregon legislators to make life better for kids Read More »
Calling it the “number one issue throughout Oregon,” more than two dozen mayors recently wrote to the Oregon Legislature asking for $125 million in annual funding to address homelessness. “Cities cannot be left to solve this statewide crisis by ourselves,” the bipartisan group of mayors noted. Although the mayors did not identify the source of funds, it’s
Legislature doesn’t have to look far to find money to tackle the housing crisis Read More »
Not long after Morrisha Jones joined her co-workers in petitioning to form a union at one Burgerville location, the fast-food chain suspended the eight-month pregnant cook. Other workers also faced punishment, suspension and termination. While the negative publicity surrounding Morrisha’s suspension forced the company to backtrack, this wouldn’t be the last instance of intimidation that Burgerville workers
Oregon can protect exploited, low-paid workers. Here’s how. Read More »
In some ways, there has been great progress in breaking down gender barriers. Take, for instance, the fact that all three gubernatorial candidates this past election were women. But when it comes to dollars and cents — when it comes to the paychecks that cover rent, food, and more — progress has been slow. Oregon
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The strengthening of the federal Child Tax Credit in 2021 caused child poverty to plummet. Unfortunately, those changes were temporary, and now millions of kids across the country are falling back into poverty, due to congressional action.
(Podcast) Wyden: The Child Tax Credit is Social Security for kids Read More »
If you could prevent millions of children from falling back into poverty, would you? Most of us, I imagine, would answer “yes” without hesitation. But not Congress.
Congress knows how to slash child poverty. It just needs to do it. Read More »
Seth Johnstone, Transgender Justice Program Manager with Basic Rights Oregon, discusses the importance of increasing visibility and awareness of the transgender community, as well as the importance of the U.S. Trans Survey.
(Podcast) Trans data matters: the importance of the U.S. Transgender Survey Read More »
News Release Congress has a real chance in the Lame Duck session to prevent greater hardship for the 192,000 Oregon children who lost out after a recent expansion of the Child Tax Credit lapsed, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). Last year’s American Rescue Plan Act temporarily
Wealth inequality is at mind-boggling levels. OCPP Policy Analyst Tyler Mac Innis discusses how much of Oregon’s wealth is in the hands of a few billionaires, the factors driving economic inequality, and what we can do here in Oregon to confront inequality. But how does Oregon compare to the rest of the country? Carl Davis,
(Podcast) Our labor, their fortunes: Billionaires capture Oregon’s wealth Read More »
News Release In what may be the first ever estimate of wealth inequality in Oregon, a new report by the Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) finds that three billionaires together have about twice the wealth as that of the entire bottom half of Oregonians. One billionaire alone, Nike founder Phil Knight, owns more wealth than the
3 billionaires together own twice as much wealth as half of Oregonians combined Read More »