Politics Archive
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Restore the Soul of Democracy
Posted on August 2, 2012 | No CommentsOur voice and vote is needed By M. Linda Jaramillo In the last few decades, we watched the long lines of millions of voters waiting their turn to cast their... -
Our Vote Could Again Tip the Scales
Posted on July 27, 2012 | No CommentsVoter registration is critical By Marc H. Morial The list of 2012 swing states – states where neither presidential candidate currently has a clear majority – include Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,... -
Gun Violence Explosion
Posted on July 27, 2012 | 1 CommentShootings alarm residents, police and gun control advocates By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer A deadly wave of recent gang violence, including multiple shootings from city streets and other public places,... -
Labor Organizing and Civil Rights
Posted on July 18, 2012 | No CommentsTwo movements with historic connections By Norman Hill and Velma Murphy Hill In the United States, worker rights and civil rights have a deep and historic connection. What is slavery,... -
Offensive, Unjust and Un-American
Posted on July 11, 2012 | No CommentsArizona’s immigration law in a bind By Raul A. Reyes Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer called a news conference in Phoenix after the Supreme Court released its ruling on her state’s... -
Breathing a Sigh of Relief on Immigration
Posted on June 27, 2012 | No CommentsObama’s DREAM Gambit By Matias Ramos When Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced she was instructing all her agencies to stop automatically deporting young undocumented immigrants and grant them work... -
Bond Levy on School Repairs, Rebuilds
Posted on June 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe Portland School Board chose a plan Tuesday to ask voters to approve a $482 million bond that would repair or replace some of its aging schools. The property tax... -
A Travesty of Voter Suppression
Posted on June 27, 2012 | 1 CommentFighting back so everyone can vote By Marc H. Morial Thanks to rising citizen outrage and efforts like the National Urban League’s “Occupy the Vote” campaign, the voter suppression movement... -
Hate in the Poiltical and Media Arena
Posted on June 6, 2012 | No CommentsConfronting poisonous language By Marian Wright Edelman The growth in hate groups and the use of their divisive and negative language in the mainstream political and media arena is cause... -
Portland’s Progressive Community Falls short
Posted on May 30, 2012 | No CommentsReflecting on my run for mayor By Cameron Whitten I remember the Willamette Week interview, where Mark Zusman told me I sounded bitter, after lamenting how I was being snubbed... -
Disconnected into a Stateless Class
Posted on May 23, 2012 | 1 CommentNo country for the super rich By Sam Pizzigati Back in 1863, a short story took the American public by storm. Edward Everett Hale’s The Man without a Country told... -
Student Loan Crushing College Dreams
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No CommentsCongress fails to help low-income students By Marc Morial As graduation season swings into high gear, a new economic crisis confronts thousands of this year’s high school and college grads... -
Mayoral Race, Anyone’s Game
Posted on May 9, 2012 | No CommentsElection closest in 60-years By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer As voting nears its end for Oregon’s May 15 Primary, recent polls have shown Portland’s race for mayor is the closest the... -
Soldier Fights for Equality
Posted on May 9, 2012 | 2 CommentsService member faces new obstacles upon retirement By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer Despite recent strides towards equality for same-sex couples, one local retired military service member has discovered there is... -
Bizarre Ruling by the Supreme Court
Posted on May 2, 2012 | No CommentsStrip searches and driving while black By Donald Kaul The radical conservative majority of the Supreme Court delivered yet another bizarre opinion last month. It ruled that police and jail...
