News
How the real estate industry conspired against black homeownership
In 1968, Congress passed the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act. The act banned redlining, which had made it difficult or impossible for people of color to borrow money to buy housing in their neighborhoods. Combined with de facto and de jure exclusion of African Americans from new, white-only suburbs, redlining created a segregated and…
Postal workers say pilot program slows down mail routes, pushing deliveries into night
Some time in late fall, Miriam Linder noticed mail was coming later and later – sometimes as late or 7 or 8 p.m. “We go, ‘Oh, gee, there must be something going on. This guy had a rough day or something, and so that’s weird,” Linder said. But the issue persisted, and Linder, who works…
Culture
Art Alexakis is not giving up
Art Alexakis has survived a lot. An impoverished and fatherless childhood in California. Sexual abuse. Drug addiction. And then later, in Portland, the great success and gradual tailing off of the ‘90s alt-rock era, when Alexakis and his band, Everclear, had such hits as “Heroin Girl,” “Santa Monica,” “Father of Mine” and “I Will Buy…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor Tina is college bound
Street Roots vendor Tina Drake is going back to college. And she wants everyone to know that homelessness doesn’t have to stop anyone from moving forward. “If you put your mind to it, you can better yourself. Being homeless doesn’t mean you can’t make something of yourself,” she said. Tina was recently accepted at Portland…
Opinion
SR editorial: We can’t regulate homelessness away
If people are hungry, you feed them. It’s not rocket science. That’s what Free Hot Soup does every day. They set out food each evening in a section of Director Park in downtown Portland and feed people, often those who are homeless or extremely low-income, who need a hot meal. It’s not a city project.…
Environment
Tragedy ahead if we do not act on Snake River dams, Steven Hawley warns
In the summer of 2018, the Pacific Northwest became captivated by the story of Tahlequah. The tragic tale, covered by every medium from drone footage to podcasts, became a landmark event for environmentalists in the region. Tahlequah, a grieving orca mother, pushed her dead calf with her head for 17 days and 1,000 miles off…
