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People of color stand and hold signs during a protest

Psychological impacts of this moment are overwhelming, Black mental health care providers say

Portland therapists serving the Black community say they’re at capacity as protesters and others fill their appointment slots
By
Jessica Pollard
August 9, 2020
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Kaia Sand | Roll the presses! Street Roots is returning, and you can pay with Venmo

Starting Aug. 12, readers will have a cashless option for purchasing the newspaper from vendors, who will all be trained in new health and safety protocols
By
Kaia Sand
July 31, 2020
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A group of people hold signs supporting reproductive rights

Opinion | With Trump appointing anti-abortion judges, the fight for reproductive freedom is critical

Planned Parenthood PAC of Oregon’s director urges Oregonians to remain united against the White House’s harmful policies
By
Emily McLain
August 10, 2020
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A child sits on a bench

More homelessness expected among K-12 students in Portland

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, unhoused students struggled to stay connected, and district officials don’t know how many have fallen through the cracks
By
Christen McCurdy
August 8, 2020
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Federal law enforcement create a barrier with Portland Police Bureau on July 21 in downtown Portland amid protests over police brutality.

Opinion | We must challenge militarism in efforts to defund police

U.S. defense spending and the resulting militarization of our nation’s police forces dwarf investments in actual needs, such as housing and social services
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
August 6, 2020
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Street Roots Podcast logo with portraits of DeVon Pouncey and Sen. Jeff Merkley

Street Roots Podcast | Talking with Sen. Jeff Merkley

Episode 10: Oregon’s U.S. senator discusses his efforts to keep federal forces out of protests, COVID-19 assistance, the detention of children at the border, and more
By
DeVon Pouncey
August 7, 2020
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Scott

Photos | Generosity, humility and vulnerability inside the camps of Portland

With sweeps paused during the pandemic, many houseless communities have grown as campers have settled in. Photographer Benjamin Brink captured this unique moment in the city’s history.
By
Benjamin Brink
August 2, 2020
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Chalk drawings on a street of a child holding an adult's hand

What Oregon can learn from other states about foster care reform

States that have overhauled their foster care systems in the wake of class-action lawsuits may offer lessons
By
Libby Dowsett
February 21, 2020
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Tehlor Kay Mejia

Tehlor Kay Mejia creates a terrifyingly real world in her YA fantasy

The author discusses her latest novel, a queer, Latinx dystopian fantasy with Trump-era issues
By
Sarah Hansell
February 21, 2020
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Street Roots vendor Mark Rodrigeuz

Street Roots vendor profile: Mark Rodriguez gets an apartment

Mark, who enjoys feeling safe inside, says the transition from years on the streets ‘has been interesting’
By
Helen Hill
February 21, 2020
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Signs on large trucks protest taxes and government control

Making sense of Timber Unity: A matter of identity and the white working class

COMMENTARY | When supporters speak to the threat to 'our way of life,' they are invoking the white supremacist history of Oregon
By
Kaisa Schlarb
February 21, 2020
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Money

SR editorial: To fight homelessness, Metro asks the wealthy to pay their fair share

A proposed ballot measure to impose a progressive tax on our region's highest earners would help level the playing field
By
SR editorial board
February 21, 2020
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Trial could be a year away in suit over Oregon foster care system

Settlement talks have broken down
By
Libby Dowsett
February 21, 2020
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A mattress sits on the floor inside a shabby room

Living amid mold, pests and filth, Stewart Hotel tenants sue bankrupt landlord

$4.5 million in damages sought over ‘truly shocking’ conditions at what amounts to an abandoned building in downtown Portland
By
Joanne Zuhl
February 14, 2020
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Military tanks and aircraft

U.S. military depends on fuel – and has the carbon footprint to prove it

COMMENTARY | As the largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, America’s military must be reined in
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
February 14, 2020
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Car license plate that reads: HOME

Beaverton aims to accommodate more who live out of their vehicles

The city wants to add more sites to its Safe Parking pilot, modeled after a decades-old Eugene program
By
Christen McCurdy
February 14, 2020
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Street Roots vendor Magpie Blue

Street Roots vendor profile: Connected to nature

Magpie Blue is an environmentalist and an advocate for people living in poverty
By
Robin Havenick
February 14, 2020
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Group photo of six storytellers

Trans and nonbinary storytellers to come forward and share

A Portland show, Igniting Voices, will explore an evolution of the experiences of presenters ages 16 to 76
By
Sarah Hansell
February 14, 2020
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Rio de Janeiro

The paradox of yes: Responding to homelessness with ideas big and small

DIRECTOR’S DESK | Creativity and resourcefulness are essential for people on the streets, but so are grand solutions from the public sector
By
Kaia Sand
February 14, 2020
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Dana Lynn Louis

The art and activism of Dana Lynn Louis

A new exhibit by the founder of Gather:Make:Shelter reflects a life of sharing her craft among those without
By
Helen Hill
February 14, 2020
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Illustration depicting a pig divided into sections labeled Trump, Animal Farm, Ukraine, Orwell, Fake News, Corruption

A twisted tale of authoritarianism, Orwell, Ukraine, fake news and Trump

‘Mr. Jones’ screenwriter Andrea Chalupa has family ties to Ukraine stretching from the 1930s famine to the Trump impeachment — with ‘Animal Farm’ and Soviet propaganda sprinkled in
By
Steven MacKenzie
February 7, 2020
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Portrait of William Monroe Trotter and cover of the book "Black Radical"

William Monroe Trotter: A newspaper owner and a champion for equality | Book Review

In 'Black Radical,' Kerri K. Greenidge pays tribute to the early-20th-century editor and advocate
By
Joe Martin
February 7, 2020
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Oregon State Capitol

Oregon bill would boost funding to programs for hard-to-reach homeless youths

‘These are kids that have been failed by every single system,’ says a Bend Republican who supports the $2.5 million plan
By
Joanne Zuhl
February 7, 2020
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Theresienstadt

Holocaust poetry and the reclamation of many identities

For the people who were persecuted and murdered, the poetry they wrote was a way to reclaim their identity
By
Marian de Vooght
February 7, 2020
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Street Roots vendor Patti

Street Roots vendor profile: High hopes for the future

Among Patti’s wishes is to see more housing built to improve the lives of homeless people
By
Jessica Hamilton
February 7, 2020
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1868 illustration

The racist foundation of American health care policy

COMMENTARY | Today, it’s Trump’s ban on immigrants who need assistance, but medical injustice for people of color has roots 155 years deep
By
Helen Hill
February 7, 2020
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Graffiti on a building reads: House the Homeless

Our homeless neighbors need more than affordable housing; they need support

DIRECTOR’S DESK | Metro’s proposed ballot measure would fund homeless services through a tax on the Portland area's wealthiest residents
By
Kaia Sand
February 7, 2020

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