For every childcare slot available in Oregon, there are at least eight infants and toddlers who need care. A new report from Oregon State University finds that every county in the state is a ‘childcare desert.’ We talk to Megan Pratt, the author of the new report, and Miriam Calderon, Early Learning System director at the Oregon Department of Education.
Two years after a Portland police officer shot and killed 17-year-old Quanice Hayes, his grandmother, Donna Hayes, has become a regular attendant of Portland City Hall meetings and an advocate for police reform. We talk with Donna Hayes about how her grandson’s death has spurred her activism.
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