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Timber helped build Oregon, but, since the 1990s, the state’s western counties have lost thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in annual revenue. For decades, much of the blame for the downturn has been placed on the federal government’s decision to reduce logging in national forests. An investigation by OPB, The Oregonian/OregonLive and ProPublica examined ownership and tax data to determine the financial losses for counties in the Coast Range from the decline in logging on federal lands and from tax cuts for the timber industry. We hear from investigative reporters Tony Schick and Rob Davis.
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Hotels in Astoria have been open for nearly two weeks now and visitors are starting to trickle back in. Meanwhile, the seafood processing industry is hoping to forestall the widespread coronavirus infections that have hit other industries. And the cruise ship traffic has ground to a halt. Astoria’s mayor, Bruce Jones, joins us to talk about how Astoria is weathering the storm.
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The racism that Black people and other people of color face every day takes a psychological toll. Studies show that workplace discrimination, racial profiling and daily microaggressions can lead to depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. Black, indigenous and other people of color are also at increased risk for cardiovascular problems and other physical diseases. Andrea Redeau is a Portland therapist who specializes in racial trauma and the founder of C4PDX, a collective of therapists of color serving the Portland area. We talk about how Black people’s mental health is affected by racism and Redeau’s tips for how to cope.
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