Housing
Time to move Oregon forward on affordable housing
Just a short month ago, the Oregon Legislature adjourned the 2017 session. Legislators had the chance to act during the session to take a bold step forward to address our state’s housing crisis for the 4 in 10 people who rent their homes in Oregon, and they failed. Our housing crisis is complex and requires many…
Opinion
Time to move Oregon forward on affordable housing
Just a short month ago, the Oregon Legislature adjourned the 2017 session. Legislators had the chance to act during the session to take a bold step forward to address our state’s housing crisis for the 4 in 10 people who rent their homes in Oregon, and they failed. Our housing crisis is complex and requires many…
SR editorial: Timing is right on 48-hour rule, police oversight
On Wednesday this week, Portland City Council made two important decisions regarding the city’s police force: One to move forward, the other to step back. Both were the right move. Moving forward, the council voted to approve an ordinance that clears the way for ending, finally, the 48-hour rule. A perpetual target in the effort…
Editorial cartoon: Aug. 11, 2017
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How electroconvulsive therapy led me out of a dark depression
The suicide epidemic we face deeply saddens me, so I offer my experience to give others hope. It was like a switch had been flicked off. There I am, one day smiling happily with my then 6-year-old daughter on New Year’s Day 2015 at a playground, and the next memory I have was crying in my…
News
Stalked by her Lyft driver
It was 9:47 p.m. on a Friday night, and Rachel Montana was headed to Old Town to bartend the closing shift at the Dixie Tavern. She ordered a Lyft and hopped in the nondescript sedan that showed up at her home to deliver the ride. As she sat in the back seat, she opened her…
5 types of stalkers
Not all stalkers are motivated by the same desires, and many are women. Australian psychiatrists Paul Mullen and Michele Pathe and psychologist Rosemary Purcell identified different categories of stalkers as part of their system for assessing a stalker’s risk. These experts have studied stalking’s impacts on victims, the psychology of stalkers and risk factors that…
Role models wanted
This Saturday, a group of young black men and boys are holding a community event called “No Role Models” at Unthank Park in North Portland’s Boise neighborhood. The name says it all. They want more black men in Portland to step up and fill the role-model void in their communities. They hope their event will…
Environment
Portland restaurants ‘green’ up with Earth-friendly practices
The environmental impact of the restaurant industry is massive. The Green Restaurant Association estimates that, on average, each American restaurant produces 50 tons of garbage each year, uses 300,000 gallons of water, and consumes more electricity than any other type of retail business. In the Portland metro area, which according to City Observatory has more…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: ‘Not alone in the world’
DeMario was born in San Francisco, the oldest of four children and part of a large extended family that stretches across the country. His family owned a barbecue restaurant in San Francisco called Blackburn’s Barbecue Pit. Some of his earliest memories are of chopping wood for the barbecue, cooking with his family, and visiting the…
