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Current: at liberty/more to come. Formerly: Investigative Journalist @StreetRoots, @MotherJones, @NPR, @Oregonian, @latimes, etc. She/her.

Portland, OR
Joined October 2016
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This week Howard Schultz returned to Italy to talk about Starbucks and our union campaign before he steps down as CEO. Schultz claims that Starbucks was inspired by the Italian coffeehouse scene, yet this is how ACTUAL coffeehouse workers are responding to his interview —
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A report from the Secretary of State's Office ranked Oregon 6th-highest in the nation for instances of domestic terrorism from 2011 to 2020. @Piperamcdaniel spoke with the team of auditors who conducted the study to learn more. streetroots.org/news/2022/04…
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In the new issue of Street Roots: introducing The Orange Fence Project, new Safe Rest Village locations and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood: streetroots.org/vendors#loca…
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We need to raise the scale of civil disobedience until we build the greatest mass movement in history - mobilising the 25% who can flip the system. @GeorgeMonbiot #ClimateEmergency #CodeRed #ClimateCrisis WE DO NOT CONSENT TO THE DESTRUCTION OF LIFE ON EARTH
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Locally, Burgerville and Voodoo Donuts received attention for their unionization efforts. But why is it so hard to unionize? @Piperamcdaniel breaks it down: streetroots.org/news/2022/02…
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In the new issue of Street Roots: Talilo Marfil's quest to empower Portland's youth, @donovanscribes' journey to change his last name, why employers have the upper hand when it comes to union organizing and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood: streetroots.org/vendors#loca…
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Today is the day! Our collaborative comic book project launches featuring stories of 10 students with lived experience of homelessness drawn by 10 artists. Find a @StreetRoots vendor to get a copy. We are so proud of this work from Dr. Kacy McKinney. pdx.edu/homelessness/Student…
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One of the more (no longer) shocking things about covering homelessness for the last two and a half years has been seeing exactly, time and time again, how little our society cares about people who aren’t seen as productive.
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1 in 3 women and girls experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, usually by an intimate partner. Colors of Connection uses the incredible power of art to help women and girls transform and heal. You can help too by donating today buff.ly/3ziqQsx
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Art is powerful. Help Colors of Connection use art to support women and girls, give them opportunities and promote equality by giving today: buff.ly/3ziqQsx
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Not just a political species. #txlege
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Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, will propose a minimum tax of 7% on the profits of the richest companies over $100 million based on the earnings they report to investors, not what they claim to the IRS. nyti.ms/3CA0ofY
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For @voxdotcom I examined why companies go all in on Pride merch and branding, but have largely sat out this year's statehouse attacks on trans youth. vox.com/22543423/pride-merch…
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I firmly refute that you can be good at your job, cook your own food, exercise regularly, have friends, keep your home clean AND have a dating life... something has to give
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Nothing will ever beat the telegram that Dorothy Parker (a patron saint of blown deadlines) sent to her editor at Viking in 1945:
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You want Josh to record your band!
I want to record your band! So if you’re an unsigned musician, upload a video of you playing an original song at a desk to YouTube and submit it at npr.org/tinydeskcontest. Deadline: Contest closes June 7 at 11:59 p.m. ET
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In a leaked video obtained by Mother Jones, the head of the conservative dark money group Heritage Action can be seen bragging to top donors about voter suppression legislation—including Georgia’s infamous law. Here is the extended cut: bit.ly/3f45GXq
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Others may have moved on but we’ve continued to monitor federal arrests related to January 6th. As of today: 415. We have thousands of pages of court docs on our site for the public and researchers If you’d like to support our work, you can do so here: secure2.convio.net/gwu/site/…
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Maybe no one will be stung. ❤️ @maggiesmithpoet
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