As the pandemic puts issues facing older adults in the spotlight, AARP Foundation and Justice in Aging look for opportunities to change the status quo Before COVID-19 sent the United States hurdling toward a devastating economic recession, 37 million adul ...
26 May 2020 - Anna Pedersen
COMMENTERY | It has never been clearer: The right to housing is ‘a matter of life and death’ Public health officials are calling the stay-home policy the sacrifice of our generation. To flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections, this call of duty is now em ...
25 May 2020 - Maimunah Mohd Sharif and Leilani Farh
To others, the reprieve from hugging and hand-shaking is satisfying Editor's note: People living alone during the coronavirus pandemic were interviewed for this story. We took the unusual step of granting anonymity upon request in order to obtain aut ...
24 May 2020 - Tom Henderson
Maddy Brown-Clark remembers her encounters with the music legend, who ‘had a heart of gold’ Some memories, though wrapped up in tragedy, are precious. This one is to me. It’s the memory of how I met my friend, the late, great Little Richard. I was homeles ...
23 May 2020 - Maddy Brown-Clark
DIRECTOR’S DESK | Street Roots and four partner organizations asked 97 houseless Portlanders where they’d prefer to live temporarily during the pandemic Over the past few weeks, the Street Roots vendor-led Coronavirus Action Team fanned out, offering unho ...
22 May 2020 - Kaia Sand
The fees are already suspended during the pandemic, and their fiscal impact is not significant Multnomah County announced in mid-March that, due to COVID-19, individuals who violate parole without committing a new crime during the pandemic would not be ja ...
21 May 2020 - Christen McCurdy
FINDING FRINGE | Living modestly in the forestland of Lincoln County, David Peltier believes in breaking the cycle of poverty and ending isolation “A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.” — Vinoba Bhave Out of the blue, an em ...
19 May 2020 - Paul K. Haeder
Part of the Coronavirus Prevention and Action Team, Racheal is proud to make a difference Like all of us, Racheal Dulaney is looking forward to the other side of this pandemic. With her paperwork now in place, she plans to get her GED and enroll in Orego ...
19 May 2020 - Robin Havenick
Lana Jack makes daily trips to drop off donated supplies, helping about 100 people with precautions against COVID-19 On the banks along a stretch of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, Lana Jack brings supplies to Underwood, Lyle and Lone Pi ...
17 May 2020 - Celeste Noche and John McDonald
These Indigenous-owned Oregon small businesses can use our support As businesses shutter and unemployment surges in response to the coronavirus pandemic, businesses owned by people of color are at risk of permanent closure. BIPOC (black, Indigenous and pe ...
16 May 2020 - Celeste Noche