News
A Crooked Path Forward: My life defies logic
A Crooked Path Forward This series is a first-hand account of the struggles and successes of overcoming trauma, mental illness, addiction, homelessness and more. The road I’ve traveled has twisted along grim valleys and inspiring summits. I was born to an alcoholic mother with bipolar disorder and a well-intentioned – but naive – father.…
Detroit’s ‘the canary in the mine’ for Portland, says water equality activist
Michigan’s water crises have attracted national attention as residents in a state practically surrounded by water struggle to access it. From lead-poisoned drinking water in Flint to the massive water utility shut-offs in Detroit, impoverished communities of color are bearing the brunt of discriminatory policies that effectively deny them their most basic of human needs. …
Director’s Desk: Don’t let Wapato overtake the larger dialogue
It is a story that has covered yards of newsprint – Wapato jail and its possibility for sheltering people who are homeless. And here’s the latest: After Multnomah County sold the property to developer Marty Kehoe, he in turn sold an ownership stake to Jordan Schnitzer, who now is talking of leasing it to Homer…
What Portland’s proposed water assistance expansion would do
“We know that Portland is in an affordability crisis,” Portland Water Bureau spokesperson Jaymee Cuti told Street Roots. “We also know that a sudden emergency hits lower-income customers much harder.” Her bureau, along with the Bureau of Environmental Services, whose charges piggyback on the same bill to ratepayers, have requested funding in the 2018 city…
Opinion
People in crisis, with mental illness need sanctuary
May is mental health awareness month, a time to consider one’s own mental health, the health of others, and issues important to people with mental illness. There is no issue more important to people with mental illness than state violence. That includes the immediate violence of law enforcement when someone is having a crisis, as…
Editorial cartoon: April 27, 2018
Portland native Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY Street Roots is an award-winning, nonprofit, weekly newspaper focusing on economic, environmental and social justice issues. Our newspaper is sold in Portland, Oregon, by people experiencing homelessness and/or extreme poverty as means of earning…
Director’s Desk: Don’t let Wapato overtake the larger dialogue
It is a story that has covered yards of newsprint – Wapato jail and its possibility for sheltering people who are homeless. And here’s the latest: After Multnomah County sold the property to developer Marty Kehoe, he in turn sold an ownership stake to Jordan Schnitzer, who now is talking of leasing it to Homer…
Culture
The voices of resistance in ‘Isle of Dogs’
Just hours before the world premiere of his ninth feature film, “Isle of Dogs,” Wes Anderson is looking politely excited. Dressed in one of his signature herringbone tweed suits, he is seated in the middle of a curated table of Hollywood royalty that would set any director drooling. Greta Gerwig is sandwiched between Bill Murray…
Housing
In Prineville, ‘the builders can’t even build fast enough’
PRINEVILLE, Ore. – On the eastern edge of Prineville is a 76-acre piece of land where the Ochoco Lumber Co.’s sawmill once processed millions of board-feet of lumber. The site is now vacant, save for a lonely fire hydrant, sagebrush and desert grasses. Zoned for mixed use and industrial, it’s considered by some the perfect…
Director’s Desk: Don’t let Wapato overtake the larger dialogue
It is a story that has covered yards of newsprint – Wapato jail and its possibility for sheltering people who are homeless. And here’s the latest: After Multnomah County sold the property to developer Marty Kehoe, he in turn sold an ownership stake to Jordan Schnitzer, who now is talking of leasing it to Homer…
