Past Issues :: 2006 September 1 :: Contents
[Cover Story]
Man
About Town
Since 1991, Rob Justus has been fomenting a quiet revolution in ending homelessness one person at a time. This month he leaves his job as director of JOIN to begin a new private/nonprofit partnership with a local developer and landowner. Called Fornon, the group will help match nonprofits with land assets and resources needed to develop affordable housing in Portland.
[Street News Service]
One year later, the devastation in New Orleans continues
Berniece Mosely is 82 and lives alone in New Orleans in her half-gutted house. She has no stove, no refrigerator and no air-conditioning. Her food is stored in a styrofoam cooler. Thousands of people like Ms. Mosely are back in their houses on the Gulf Coast.
[News]
Special thanks
To the family of Jerry Baum, who donated $500 in his memory to Street Roots.
[Street Culture]
Ameristinians
"It was an unrestful night as I reached inside my morals and pondered my role in this theater called Earth. Many warriors were called up to a battlefield in a grove of old-growth trees. Suspended in the forest canopy by ropes and determination, illuminated only by the moon."
[Street Poetry]
Poetry
[Street Culture]
A cycle completed
"I knew reading the books without buying them was a type of theft, and security at Powell's would often eye me, as if to say, 'We know you're not a real customer.'"
[Street Culture]
Out Key Road, Part VIII
"The prison farm was set on what now would be a prime development opportunity. The Right-Wingers, I'm sure, would latch onto it as an 'opportunity zone.' The campaign never ends, only people who give a damn run out, the attention spans, the caritas."
[Column: Memoirs of a Vietnam Vet]
Is America crumbling?
"Despite the United States showing the world its strength, the American economy, ol' friend, is crumbling within."
[Feature]
The Black Dahlia: Twice Victimized
She was down on her luck, without a job, homeless. Her name was Elizabeth "Bette" Short. She became known as an infamous victim, the Black Dahlia. Twenty-two years old, an aspiring actress from Medford, Mass., Elizabeth met her death at the hands of a fiendish killer. The date was January 15, 1947.
[News]
Festival to celebrate improvements in Old Town/Chinatown
After nearly four years of community planning and 18 months of construction, improvements to Northwest 3rd and 4th avenues between Burnside and Glisan streets are wrapping up. To officially open the renovated streets, a free public celebration is planned for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
[Editorial]
Lend your voice to the 30 percent
[Letters]
Music should remain a universal freedom;
The time is now to get George Bush out of office
[Column]
Director's Desk
Street Roots has existed since 1998. Since then, the organization has put nearly a million dollars into the hands of poor people. It's simple: Individuals experiencing poverty buy the newspaper for 30 cents and sell them to community members for $1.