On Tuesday, the Ninth Circuit Federal Appeals Court voted to hear the case of the Trump administration’s attempted deployment of the National Guard to Portland, Oregon. The president then declared he was prepared to send “more than the National Guard” into American cities.
Oregon
Posted inEducation in America
Why Is Blue Oregon Trying to Kill Voter-Approved Free Preschool?
The social benefits of preschool extend far beyond the playground. Yet state officials are working on paring back a fledgling Multnomah County early-education program.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
‘So Much Evil Had To Happen for this Bill To Pass’
Oregon just made corporate medicine illegal, again. Here’s how it happened.
Posted inPolitics
Labor Nominee Chavez-DeRemer: More Trump Loyalist Than Union Ally
A cursory look at her record reveals the standard contemporary GOP positions.
Posted inLaw and Justice
SCOTUS Rules on Homelessness as DOJ Reveals a War on the Poor
The Supreme Court’s coming decision on homelessness will exacerbate a new, growing problem.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Decider, M.D.
One man, Dr. Warren Roberts, determines whether prisoners in Oregon get medical treatment for their illnesses and injuries.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
UnitedHealth Exploits an ‘Emergency’ It Created
The Change ransomware attack left an Oregon medical practice with an empty bank account, and only one quick way to fix it: sell to UnitedHealth.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Attack of the Straw Doctors
Amazon and the Adderall pill-mill lobby blitz Oregon to kill a (tame) ‘corporate practice of medicine’ ban.
Posted inTAP
Should Oregon Adopt Ranked-Choice Voting?
Today on TAP: Not if the state’s progressives and Democrats hope to be winning elections
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
What Defunding the Police Actually Looks Like
Across the country, community alternatives to policing show the way to a more effective and less risky response.