Dirk VanderHart Portland police and city employees sweeping camps near the Springwater Corridor in 2014 One week ago, a collection of SE Portland neighborhood advocates met to discuss the ongoing ...
"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify nearly all government interventions, from tariffs to minimum-wage hikes to ...
WASHINGTON - Few phrases carry more weight in American political life than ‘the middle class.’ Politicians invoke it constantly, economists argue about it endlessly, and most Americans identify with ...