When you realize the unique scale of not just American poverty, but American inequality in the 21st century, the fact that France doesn’t have it, Germany doesn’t have it, Canada doesn’t, Australia ...

Cruel, inhuman and degrading: US policies on homelessness called out by UN My organization, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, works to end homelessness in the United States. As the ...

The Port of Portland wants to change the law so it can keep dumping dredge waste in West Hayden Island’s natural area off Oregon's Columbia River When the City of Portland pulled West Hayden Island ...

An Unexpected Leader: Marissa Madrigal chairs Multnomah County through changing times Marissa Madrigal remembers the first time a television camera was thrust in her face. She remembers a reporter ...

Ariel Gore is as raw and honest in her writing as she is in her life, earning her the moniker of the hippest mama around. But the backstory is a long way from Ozzie and Harriet. Gore, spurred by a ...

Safe to swim? What the experts have to say about the risks of taking a dip in the Willamette River Since the completion of the Big Pipe project in 2011, which stopped Portland’s sewage from spilling ...

BTA: Rolling forward BTA: Rolling forward Rob Sadowsky, Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s new director, looks ahead to the organization’s next 20 years By Israel Bayer Staff Writer The Bicycle ...

Paul Boden and the history of homelessness as we know it today Paul Boden is the executive director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project, or WRAP. The organization is made up of community ...