⚠️Heads up: With health experts urging people to stay safe and avoid large gatherings, we will not be providing free rides on New Year’s Eve (December 31).
For those who must travel that night, MAX will run until 3 a.m. on New Year's Eve with paid fare.
This week on the Senate floor Mitch McConnell wants to vote to override Trump's veto of the $740 billion defense funding bill and then head home for the New Year.
I'm going to object until we get a vote on legislation to provide a $2,000 direct payment to the working class.
SR Editorial: A fareless public transit system? It’s not a radical idea. Other cities are doing it, and it’s time we look seriously into the opportunities for the Portland metro area.
https://t.co/4aYdK0SjKW
I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales. The U.S. must call for an end to violence and support Bolivia’s democratic institutions.
Thread: This morning, Street Roots vendor Mark Rodriguez arrived at the office for the Friday morning new paper meeting angry and confused. Yesterday he received a $175 citation for failure to pay a fare on the Max train.
He was clear and correct. He said if that was my black son just tell him to play his role so he doesn’t die but to take his name and make sure his body camera on so he can handle it later. Here they come trying to twist it! What can an older white man parent say to a black kid?