In the richest country in the world, the fact that many families don’t have enough to eat ought to be treated as a national emergency. It ought to be a priority of the highest order to make sure that no one is food insecure.
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Fast food workers demanding the right to form a union. Grocery store workers voting to strike for higher, more equitable wages. Teachers taking to the street to pressure for increased school funding.
Unions will re-build the middle class Read More »
Without a doubt, our country can vastly improve the economic prospects of families scraping by on low wages.
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Chants of “equal pay” filled the stadium after the U.S. women’s national soccer team clinched its fourth World Cup title. Despite their unparalleled record, these elite female athletes earn hundreds of thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts for their work on the national team.
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At a time when there is a dire need for federal leadership in confronting a national housing crisis, the Trump administration is heading down a path that will likely exacerbate the problem for many low-income Oregonians. Recently, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed changing the rules governing who qualifies for federal rent assistance.
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At a time when there is a dire need for federal leadership in confronting a national housing crisis, the Trump administration is heading down a path that will likely exacerbate the problem for many low-income Oregonians. Recently, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed changing the rules governing who qualifies for federal rent assistance.
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By all accounts, the 2019 Oregon legislative session was historic. Even before the second walkout by Senate Republicans ground deliberations to a halt, the legislature had already enacted the largest investment in education in memory and tenant protections legislation. The last two days of the session that followed the end of the walkout produced a flurry of
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While it’s unclear whether the Trump administration will involve the nation in a new armed conflict in the Middle East, this much is certain: it has no qualms about waging war against this country’s poor families.
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Today, more than a quarter-million jobs in Oregon pay more, thanks to a scheduled increase in the minimum wage. Though this is a welcome increase in pay for thousands of Oregonians, we should also recognize that it falls short of what workers need to make ends meet.
A quarter-million Oregon jobs now pay more, though still not enough Read More »
More than a quarter-million jobs in Oregon will pay more starting July 1, when a scheduled minimum wage increase takes effect, according to data from the Oregon Employment Department.
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