Past Issues :: 2006 March 3 :: Contents
[Cover Story]
Potluck
in the Park: How a community comes together around
a meal
... this weekly "party" located in downtown Portland at the corner of SW Ninth and Washington streets is a welcoming meal in which the homeless community of Portland comes together to dine, rain or shine. In Portland, "you might go homeless, you might go without a bath, but you'll never go without a meal," volunteer Richard Leonard said. more...
[Street News Service: Street Sense]
Report: Teenagers perpetrate majority of attacks on homeless
... In 2005, the majority of those accused or convicted of attacking a homeless person were between 12 and 19 years old. more...
[Newsbrief: Portland blog celebrates Women's History Month]
New Portland blog celebrates Women's History Month
The offices of Mayor Tom Potter, and the bureaus of Planning, Cable & Franchise Management, Water and Management & Finance have created a diversity blog to collect stories about women's lives and roles in Portland's workplaces. The blog will run through the month of March. more...
[Street Culture]
Outreach in Burnside: A family that works
Outreach in Burnside was started in 1982 by Sister Maria to help the disabled poor of the neighborhood through money management, personal care, and advocacy. more...
[Poetry]
Street Poetry
Poetry by Arthur Honeyman, Laura Stirewalt, Bear, Jarvik Seven, Laura Witthans, Roger G. "Sundance," Therresa Kennedy. more...
[Street Culture]
Patience
It takes patience to stay. To watch and listen to what you're not supposed to acknowledge, pushing it toward the background; waiting. more...
[Street News Service: Real Change News]
Ex-weapons inspector foresees lie-based war in Iran
Scott Ritter is fighting a battle he takes very personally: exposing the lie that the United States used to invade Iraq, and one he insists the government will use again to bomb Iran in 2007. more...
[Column: Cumbarelis]
If it truly is a democracy, then let's start acting like it's ours
It's time for wholesale change on the American political front, and I have some suggestions on how to do that. more...
[Column: Thiemeyer]
Out Key Road, Part I
I was walking down 21st from the bus stop on Division, heading south toward Powell, plugging away, in close pursuit of my walker, and for some unannounced reason I was reminded of the Atlanta Prison Farm out Key Road. Maybe it was the contrast. more...
[News: Genocide Awareness Week]
Coalition of students, activists organize genocide awareness
Genocide Awareness Week: A Call to Conscience runs March 12-18, and features programs, speakers, films, discussions and events to examine the scope and operations of group and state-sponsored terror. Programs during the week will address genocidal events in Darfur, Armenia, Guatemala, Rwanda, Yugoslavia, East Timor, Ireland, Cambodia, the USA, Europe and elsewhere. more...
[Letters to the Editor]
Contributions drive organization's drive to help
Living in a free society isn't a free pass for behavior
[Editorial]