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Guild’s Lake

Uncovering industrial NW Portland’s twisted past in an effort to save its future

Fighting for a say in the fate of the Linnton neighborhood, the Braided River Campaign wants you to know its secrets — the earthquakes, floods, obscure city planning documents, hot air balloons and the KKK
By
Brian Oaster
June 9, 2021
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Austin sits on a bench, giving a thumbs-up signal, surrounded by folding tables, kitchen supplies and tarps.

Houseless young people have banded together in SW Portland

Under an overpass near Bertha Boulevard is a small village of youths, who are grateful for the help they're receiving from their neighbors
By
Emma Nathanson
June 9, 2021
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Tiny homes at the C3PO camp with the Portland skyline in the background

Portland has laid out plans for new shelters, but numbers and locations remain elusive

Service providers say the new guidelines bring uncertainty as the city becomes more aggressive with sweeps of houseless camps
By
Christen McCurdy
June 9, 2021
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Willie Fiers stands next to a table with African masks at Flip the Script's new space

Black former prisoners get support with reentry as they speak up for policy change

Flip the Script, a culturally specific program in Portland, puts formerly incarcerated Oregonians in front of state lawmakers
By
Brian Oaster
June 2, 2021
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Sam Khaute works with a large coffee roasting machine

Portland cafe will help integrate immigrants, refugees through the medium of coffee

Jubilee Hall, a nonprofit offshoot of Diaspora Coffee and Chai, will provide barista training and immersive English-language education
By
Janey Wong
June 2, 2021
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Photos of 42 Oregon state prisoners who died of COVID-19. Headline reads: The Expendable.

These are the 42 Oregon state prisoners who have died from COVID-19

With more than 3,500 confirmed cases of coronavirus among its prisoners, the Oregon Department of Corrections has faced criticism for its handling of the pandemic
By
Chris May Emily Green
March 10, 2021
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Mugshots and fingerprints of Billy Baggett Jr.

Special Report | The life and death of Billy Baggett

After spending most of his life in prison, Billy Baggett was released into a world he no longer understood, contending with a lifetime of trauma and coming to terms with his imminent death
By
Emily Green
December 27, 2020
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U.S. Capitol

Opinion | The American Rescue Plan Act: A promise of what could be

The federal relief package recognizes that our nation’s crisis began long before COVID-19
By
Janet Bauer
May 5, 2021
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Lennard Ward's mugshot and an aerial photo of OSCI's campus

Opinion | How excessive mandatory sentencing continues slavery’s legacy

Today, the institution of mass incarceration subjects Lennard Ward to the same discrimination inflicted on his ancestors
By
Ga lo Vann
May 5, 2021
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Illustration of a gun with a sign hanging from it, featuring a peace sign, a tree and a rainbow and the words: Wildlife Council

Proposed ‘wildlife council’ would be a publicly funded marketing agency for Oregon’s hunting, fishing industry

Critics say a bill with ties to an out-of-state organization and a pro-hunting PAC ignores the voices of conservationists who don’t hunt or fish
By
Brian Oaster
May 5, 2021
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Two photos: Jack and Tommy. Both are wearing masks inside the Street Roots office.

Street Roots is once again welcoming new vendors

Weekly orientations are open to anyone interested in selling the newspaper
By
Pat Zimmer
May 5, 2021
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Oregon State Capitol in the spring

Latino farmworkers press Oregon Legislature for overtime pay, other protections

Farmers who oppose these bills testify they have laborers’ best interests in mind, but the campesinos tell a different story
By
Tom Henderson
May 5, 2021
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The gold statue at the top of the Capitol

Bills we’re tracking that affect Oregon’s migrant farmworkers

The 2021 Legislature is discussing overtime pay, the state's sanctuary law, and other issues affecting the low-income Latino community
May 5, 2021
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Ron Wyden wears a mask with American flags, and Jo Ann Hardesty wears a Portland Street Response mask at the Lents fire station

Wyden takes Oregon street response model nationwide

Biden includes more than $1 billion over 10 years to fund non-police crisis response in his American Rescue Plan
By
Joanne Zuhl
May 5, 2021
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Two women stand in front of the Street Roots office, one is carrying a large box. Tents line the street.

Kaia Sand | Go big, Mayor Wheeler. Our city needs Portland Street Response.

OPINION | The mayor proposes underfunding the non-police crisis response program by 77%
By
Kaia Sand
May 4, 2021
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Street Roots vendor Dale

Street Roots vendor profile | Finding his place in the community

Dale enjoys traveling around the city and meeting new people
By
Kat Wasula
April 28, 2021
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Max McEntire holds keys to his apartment

A Street Story | Max finds a home

‘I like it inside, and I’m so warm. I was cold out in the tent.’
By
Emma Nathanson
April 28, 2021
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Fred Hampton

Behind the death of ‘Black Messiah’ Fred Hampton

Recently unearthed documents, an Oscar-winning film and today’s racial justice movement bring new significance to the Chicago Black Panther Party chairman’s 1969 assassination
By
Suzanne Hanney
April 28, 2021
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Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton in a scene from in “Judas and the Black Messiah"

What ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ got right about Fred Hampton

Activist Mary Scott-Boria shares her memories of Chicago’s Black Panther Party leader and the movement
By
Suzanne Hanney
April 28, 2021
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Christine Marie Caligiuri

Anti-camping law in Medford draws national attention

Critics say the ordinance, which makes unauthorized camping a misdemeanor, criminalizes homelessness while proponents say it’s necessary for community safety
By
Hanna Merzbach
April 28, 2021
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Illustration of $100 bill with Benjamin Franklin winking

Opinion | IRS audits the poor, ignoring wealthy tax dodgers and big corporations

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Investing in enforcement of tax laws could bring in over a trillion dollars in government revenue
By
Mary King
April 28, 2021
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George Denison's portrait, integrated with his handwriting from the essay he wrote for Street Roots

Street Roots vendor writing | ‘Words cannot explain my first visit to the dying center’

George Denison recalls living in San Francisco in the 1980s, when his friends, his co-workers and so many others were dying of AIDS
By
George Denison
April 28, 2021
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Hannah Wallace cleans a bathroom while wearing a protective mask

Opinion | How helping my houseless neighbors helped me

A Sunnyside resident shares her experience with outreach and hygiene support in the hopes it will inspire other Portlanders to do the same
By
Hannah Wallace
April 28, 2021
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Flowers, signs, candles and other items adorn the site of Robert Delgado's memorial

Kaia Sand | The bystanders who witness police killings suffer, too

OPINION | Unhoused people are overexposed to trauma. The effects accumulate.
By
Kaia Sand
April 28, 2021
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Street Roots Podcast logo with photo of DeVon Pouncey and the Street Watch LA logo

Street Roots Podcast | Jed Parriott is fed up with sweeps in L.A.’s Echo Park

Episode 17: The Street Watch LA member talks about how police treat people who camp there
By
DeVon Pouncey
April 23, 2021
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Rainbow, with a quote from their vendor profile about finding compassion

Street Roots vendor profile | ‘Every day is a solution’

Rainbow, who aims to be a role model for people with mental illness, has started making plans for themself
By
Jessica Hamilton
April 21, 2021
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Oregon State Capitol

Opinion | Inequity is ingrained in Oregon land-use policy. Let’s fix that.

House Bill 2488 would codify environmental justice principles, but lawmakers are already limiting its scope
By
Lisa Arkin
April 21, 2021

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