Tag: Politics
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Providence Health Plan Collapse Highlights Oregon’s Fight for Single-Payer in 2027
The collapse of the Providence Health Plan and silence from Oregon’s Democratic Party leadership points the way for socialists to secure single-payer healthcare in 2027. read more
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Our Voter Guide for the May 2026 Primary
With our Voter Guide, Portland DSA aims to inform our members and the public which candidates best advance the Chapter’s priorities in the May 2026 Primary. read more
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Yes on 120? What do we make of it?
Note: This article reflects only the views of the author and not Portland DSA. You just got home from work on Tuesday, May 19, and it’s the last day to turn in your ballot. You’re frantically thumbing through the Oregon voters guide to finish your ballot. Yes, you heard that ballots get lost in the… read more
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Portland DSA Condemns Mayor Wilson’s Cruel Camping Ban, Calls for Investigation into Misuse of Public Funds
November 3, 2025 (PORTLAND, OR) – Portland Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) condemns in the strongest possible terms Mayor Keith Wilson’s decision to begin enforcement of the city’s “public camping” ban, a policy of profound cruelty that criminalizes poverty and will exacerbate the city’s homelessness crisis. This enforcement begins on the same day that federal… read more
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Portland Democratic Socialists support Councilor Novick’s Park Plan
Increasing the existing CEO surcharge Novick championed in 2016 equitable move to fund parks The Portland Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America supports Councilor Novick’s move to increase the surcharge on companies with highly skewed ratios of CEO to worker pay. Portland DSA recently launched a new campaign for a Family Agenda for Portland, to… read more
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Portland’s police union is trying to use the labor movement to avoid budget cuts
By Erica T. and Gabriel E. Efforts by the executive board of Northwest Oregon Labor Council (NOLC) to affiliate the Portland Police Association (PPA) leave us no choice but to speak out as rank-and-file members of unions (AFT and Teamsters) affiliated to the NOLC. The Labor Council is the largest federation of local unions, which… read more
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Oregonian Editorial Board Snubs Small-Dollar Candidates
After trying to quash small-donor financing in 2016, The Oregonian editorial board refuses to interview top recipients of small-donor funds Readers likely received The Oregonian’s recent endorsements of employer-friendly, corporate-backed City Council candidates with little surprise. After all, the newspaper’s editorial board has, over its 175-year existence, endorsed a KKK-backed gubernatorial winner, greenlit Chamber of… read more