Cover Story
Some patients at Oregon State Hospital stuck there for months
Each month, dozens of patients confined at the Oregon State Hospital receive news many have waited years to hear: They don’t need to be there anymore. Yet only a few are discharged each month from the state’s most-regimented and costly mental health treatment setting. Instead, state data shows, these patients typically spend months occupying desperately…
Oregon farmworker activists say the movement is more than one person
Elida Sifuentez of Woodburn remembers a childhood when food magically appeared on the table — just not her table. She and her parents knew where their food came from: the fields where they worked for 12 or more hours every day. For everyone else, it was magic. “Nobody cared,” Sifuentez told Street Roots. “Nobody cared…
Deportation threats change how immigrants and asylum seekers navigate homelessness
People without homes necessarily spend more time in public spaces, increasing their risk of being detained by Immigration & Customs Enforcement. And more immigrant families are facing eviction due to detention or deportation and losing access to important programs like SNAP. Nationally, ICE has taken to patrolling social services organizations frequented by low-income or unsheltered…
Culture
April: Arts for All calendar
Don’t let April showers keep you indoors for too long. There’s a bumper crop of plays, concerts, dance productions and movies to gobble up in the Portland area. If you have an Oregon Trail card, then you already know that many of the metro region’s leading artistic and cultural institutions offer discounted tickets through the…
