Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: An actor’s comeback
In 2017, George Denison revived his acting and modeling career. A Portland-based fashion designer, Desi Allinger-Nelson, saw George in a photo from the ’90s that he’d done for fashion designer Hugo Boss. How would George like to come model for her brand? George didn’t think he would; his modeling days were behind him. But, she…
Housing
As students face housing insecurity, Oregon colleges find creative ways to boost graduation rates
Ryan Sturley wasn’t surprised to hear that housing insecurity among students on Portland State University’s campus stood at 45% last year. The statistic, which came from a survey conducted by the school’s Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative, aligned with what Sturley has seen as the development manager at local nonprofit College Housing Northwest. STREET ROOTS…
Photos | Snapshots of Old Town: Humanity undone
Houseless people and members of other disenfranchised communities have called Old Town home throughout Portland’s history. But eight months into a global pandemic, the suffering and poverty laid bare on the neighborhood’s streets is a humanitarian crisis that screams for attention. While homelessness has become more apparent in many of Portland’s neighborhoods, along thoroughfares and…
News
Photos | Snapshots of Old Town: Humanity undone
Houseless people and members of other disenfranchised communities have called Old Town home throughout Portland’s history. But eight months into a global pandemic, the suffering and poverty laid bare on the neighborhood’s streets is a humanitarian crisis that screams for attention. While homelessness has become more apparent in many of Portland’s neighborhoods, along thoroughfares and…
People donate billions through GoFundMe. Where it goes is not guaranteed.
Brad Erichsen said his biggest fear is that he’ll look back on 2020 as “the last normal year,” and his year has been anything but normal. After wildfires rendered him homeless in September, he moved from a motel room filled with rescue animals to an RV in the woods in southwestern Oregon. All while a…
Environment
It’s science vs. logging when it comes to managing burned acreage in Oregon
West Coast wildfires burned a historic 5 million acres of land this season, but as the ash settles in Oregon’s forests, the state faces a new challenge: What happens next? On Oct. 21, Oregon Wild, an environmental advocacy organization, held a press conference to address the swaths of scarred land left behind from the fire…
Opinion
Opinion | Finding truth and reconciliation after an election
As I write this, the presidential election has just been called. I believe the president-elect is striking the right tone in reminding us that 70 million of our fellow citizens voted for a liar who has exploited the divisions in our society for his own profit. We have stepped back from the abyss; now the…
Kaia Sand | ‘And then gangrene sets in, like it originally did on her legs’
The reason I made this design is my wife lost a half a foot and a third of a leg two years ago to frostbite,” Max told me, holding up a pale purple leg warmer cut from sweatpants. “She developed sores, and she couldn’t use her prosthetic. She needed something to keep her ‘stubs,’ as…
