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A camper sits beside an RV in a parking lot under an orange hazy sky

Kaia Sand | The future of shelter needs your voice

OPINION | Tell the City Council that Portland needs to expand options for houseless residents

March 3, 2021

Walled In podcast | ‘It was a nightmare’: Prison violence and its lasting toll

Episode 1: Former prisoners share violent events they experienced in prison, and a criminologist discusses how even indirect exposure to violence can have lingering effects on prisoners long after they're released

Emily Green Joshua Wright

February 28, 2021

When militance works in housing activism

PART III: In Philadelphia and across the nation, activists have won big using militant tactics

Henry Brannan

February 24, 2021

Under an overpass, a camper wraps a bandage around someone's arm

A judge struck down Grants Pass’ anti-camping policy, but campers are still told to ‘move along’

Now, homeless residents can sleep in the park at night, but many have nowhere to go in the morning

Hanna Merzbach

February 24, 2021

Mugshots and fingerprints of Billy Baggett Jr.

Special Report | The life and death of Billy Baggett

After spending most of his life in prison, Billy Baggett was released into a world he no longer understood, contending with a lifetime of trauma and coming to terms with his imminent death

Emily Green

December 27, 2020

Finding Home

A series of in-depth articles examining national perspectives around America’s growing housing and homeless crisis

Joanne Zuhl

October 21, 2020

Wlnsvey Campos, a 25-year-old woman of color, brings a fresh perspective to Oregon Legislature

The Aloha representative, who brings lived experience with poverty to her leadership role on a housing committee, speaks for young people who demand action on the housing and climate crises they’ve inherited

Tom Henderson

March 3, 2021

Opinion | Texas blackouts show why energy should be a universal right

We need an infrastructure that works, and we can’t ignore climate change

Gordon Walker

March 3, 2021

Exterior of the Oregon State Capitol building

Oregon lawmakers consider tax incentives tied to farmworker housing

A roundup of legislation in the House Committee on Housing

Tom Henderson

March 3, 2021

Kaia Sand | The future of shelter needs your voice

OPINION | Tell the City Council that Portland needs to expand options for houseless residents

Kaia Sand

March 3, 2021

Walled In podcast | ‘It was a nightmare’: Prison violence and its lasting toll

Emily Green Joshua Wright

February 28, 2021

Street Roots vendor profile | Conquering his fears

Vern was nervous to venture into a new space to sell papers, but he’s glad he did

Pat Zimmer

February 24, 2021

Tennis star Naomi Osaka brings a global lens to social justice advocacy

The athlete, who won the U.S. Open while wearing masks with the names of Black victims of police violence, talks to street papers about her heritage and using her platform for good

Ann-Derrick Gaillot

February 24, 2021

A judge struck down Grants Pass’ anti-camping policy, but campers are still told to ‘move along’

Now, homeless residents can sleep in the park at night, but many have nowhere to go in the morning

Hanna Merzbach

February 24, 2021

When militance works in housing activism

PART III: In Philadelphia and across the nation, activists have won big using militant tactics

Henry Brannan

February 24, 2021

Mingus Mapps is focused on keeping people in their homes during and after the pandemic

As the city commissioner in charge of emergency response dispatching, he said he also wants to ensure that operators are ready for a Portland Street Response expansion

Joe Opaleski

February 24, 2021

Environmental groups call on Oregon’s congressional delegates to stop post-fire logging

Oregon Wild, Sierra Club and 36 other groups aim to protect federal lands along the McKenzie and North Umpqua rivers

Joe Opaleski

February 24, 2021

Editorial | When property comes before people, a crisis boils over in Southern Oregon

Realtors’ efforts paved the way for the dire lack of housing solutions in Josephine County

SR editorial board

February 24, 2021

Exterior of the former UCAN building in Grants Pass

Plans for Josephine County’s only low-barrier shelter quashed amid opposition

The Grants Pass City Council had approved the shelter, but under pressure from neighbors, the building's owners have pulled out

Hanna Merzbach

February 24, 2021

Street Roots vendor profile | Eager for the pandemic to end

Paulette has been selling the paper for decades and loves it

Jessica Hamilton

February 17, 2021

Dave Grohl plays his blue guitar on stage

Dave Grohl: ‘Music has always been about life’

In a letter to his younger self, the musician opens up about his childhood memories, playing with Paul McCartney and Kurt Cobain, and just how much he loves his mom

Jane Graham

February 17, 2021