A campaign to use Portland clean energy funds to hire more cops has been lying to voters, a Spokane wildfire forces evacuations, and Black and brown birding groups in Seattle. This, and more news from across the #Cascadia bioregion: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
Listen up, Oregon! 👀
FBI raids targeting the Ohio Organizing Collaborative are alarming political intimidation. For 20 years, OOC has protected voting rights for Black, brown, & working-class Ohioans. Voters choose leaders. Take action with Hands Off Ohio!
Learn more at www.handsoffohio.org
86% of people in a poll say the wealthy can often avoid legal consequences that ordinary people would face for the same actions. The other 14% have apparently paid no attention to Trump's pardons.
Uber & Lyft charge riders different prices for the same ride, and riders have no idea this is happening....UNTIL NOW!
Consumer Reports just released another banger of a study where volunteers from across the nation ordered the same rides at the same time.
www.consumerreports.org/money/questi...
🤔 Oregon's main economic challenge is not the lack of prosperity …but that the gains of our economy have largely flowed to the rich!
🤩 As policy analyst Tyler says, Oregon's economy has done quite well over the long haul, compared to other states.
🔉 Listen here: https://bit.ly/4a5ypHI
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What makes good government? Lots of things, but start with good government employees! Public entities are workplaces too. Workplaces are not healthy anywhere in Oregon (and elsewhere) at the moment for many reasons. And unions want this buy-in, because invested union members are motivated.
Good morning! I'm in Portland today, having meetings with Cascadia activists and enjoying the train ride on the Amtrak Cascades. It's an essential connector between the cities of Cascadia, and the lin...
So we’ve been cooking up some thoughts on Gen AI at @amnesty.org and I’m ecstatic to finally see it out in the world! Our 🗝️ conclusion: standalone gen AI systems, built on unlawful web scraping, constitute mass invasions of privacy by design & should be prohibited
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
The biggest winner in the Portland Police Association's ballot measure signature gathering effort?
Washington DC based Fieldworks, LLC.
They've pulled in $723,848.87 so far.
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