Culture
‘Thinking Machines’ warns of time when machines do everything
This time is different. In the six decades since the first colloquium on artificial intelligence (AI) at Dartmouth College, periodic predictions about changes implied by AI often proved to be enthusiastic speculation, more science fiction than reality. No longer. Today fields of AI, robotics and evolving technologies permeate economies. There are immediate implications for human…
Depeche Mode: New sounds for the resistance
Thirty-four years ago, when British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had just won her second general election, a time of mass unemployment and increased racial tension in Britain, Depeche Mode was putting the finishing touches to its pivotal third studio album. Released in August 1983, three months after a landslide Tory victory, “Construction Time Again” was…
Street Roots vendor writing: ‘Rallying Cry’
A park cooled by a canopy of wizened treants, rooted deeply in knowledge of histories past, presently waiting futures untold, now what of this day the 4th of June in the year 2017, how remembered will it be. A gathering of four factions: First to my left the Unionists supporting the laborer in older times…
Through art, Dale Washington chronicles Portland journey to find housing
Art is woven through Dale Washington’s speech, his eyes and his outlook. “Art is the way we handle ourselves impecably as human beings,” he said. “It’s how we talk, it’s how we take care of our family, it’s how we handle ourselves. “It’s called love. This work here is all about these beautiful places.” Those…
News
Depeche Mode: New sounds for the resistance
Thirty-four years ago, when British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had just won her second general election, a time of mass unemployment and increased racial tension in Britain, Depeche Mode was putting the finishing touches to its pivotal third studio album. Released in August 1983, three months after a landslide Tory victory, “Construction Time Again” was…
Jesse Jackson’s renewed fight for voter justice
In March 1965, 24-year-old Jesse Jackson joined the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and hundreds of others as they marched on Selma, Ala., in protest of the state’s racist voting laws. Many, including a future congressman, John Lewis of Georgia, were beaten by police during the 18-day protest, but their actions led to the passage…
Opinion
SR editorial: Defelonization, profiling bill a milestone for Oregon
In what was a contentious and often disappointing 2017 state legislative session, one measure stands out as a monumental benchmark. HB 2355, signed into law July 11 by Gov. Kate Brown, reduces the punishment for possessing small quantities of various drugs, including cocaine and heroin, from a felony to a misdemeanor. It also expands access…
Editorial cartoon: July 14, 2017
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Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: Food as an art form
Oregon native Heather Duffield will most likely be one of the cheeriest souls you encounter on an early morning in downtown Portland. Heather typically sells Street Roots in front of the U.S. Bancorp Tower on Southwest Fifth Avenue and Oak Street. “It’s more important to me to get the smiles and the hellos,” she says. …
Housing
Through art, Dale Washington chronicles Portland journey to find housing
Art is woven through Dale Washington’s speech, his eyes and his outlook. “Art is the way we handle ourselves impecably as human beings,” he said. “It’s how we talk, it’s how we take care of our family, it’s how we handle ourselves. “It’s called love. This work here is all about these beautiful places.” Those…
