Street Roots

for those who cannot afford free speech

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Street Roots creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change.

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May
10

Blue skies are headed our way this weekend. Perfect weather for a sweet tea and a good read, which is why you’re friendly neighborhood vendor will be ready with a fresh edition of Street Roots tomorrow morning. Here’s what’s rolling on the press right now:

Boarded up: Neighborhoods...

May
10

By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer

Laurie Crow would have been 54 on Dec. 27, 2011.

Instead, she became one of 47.

Only a few weeks before her birthday, she died curled up in her sleeping bag in a meadow near Going Street. Her partner, Clarence, was next to her, awake and listening as...

May
10

By Kendall, Contributing Columnist

Kendall is a photojournalist working with Occupy Portland, writing for the Portland Occupier. She is also a member of Gay and Gray and Old Lesbians Organizing for Change. She holds a PhD in theater and is a retired professor.

In 1975, if you were a smart...

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