Housing
Senior policy advisor for Commissioner Dan Ryan resigns in response to plan for mass camps
In another chapter of the city of Portland’s protracted struggle to address homelessness, a senior policy advisor for Commissioner Dan Ryan resigned the night before Ryan and Mayor Ted Wheeler announced a controversial plan to construct compulsory mass encampments for homeless Portlanders Oct. 21. Portland City Council approved the plan Nov. 3, which also included…
Opinion
Opinion | Wearing my heart on my t-shirt
I have a T-shirt that I like to wear grocery shopping. Even though it is one of my favorite shirts, I usually don’t put it on unless I expect to be in a place where people can give it a quick glance and still have time to ask me what it means. As T-shirts go, it…
Kaia Sand | Funding Street Roots means funding hope
Street Roots vendors are bustling all around the city. You might be chatting with your vendor after you picked up groceries. Maybe you’re walking through the farmer’s market or grabbing a cup of coffee. Your vendor is there, holding the newspaper close to the chest, easy to see. They greet you with a simple “good…
News
Tribal sovereignty at stake in challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act before the Supreme Court
In a case with potentially far-reaching consequences for tribal sovereignty, a divided Supreme Court debated the constitutionality of a 1978 law designed to prevent the separation of Native families and communities, the Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA. ICWA, the result of extensive efforts by Native activists to stop the separation of Native families by…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | A job with purpose
One of the first things you might want to ask Rabbit is how he got his name. His story, as almost everything he shares about himself, is grounded in his family. “My son was five then,” he said. “We were living in Denver, Colorado, and we were walking down the street to a Rockies game.…
