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Photo of a graphic that says "foster care shuffle part 1: youth call for end to constant, traumatic foster care disruptions"

Lack of placement stability for Oregon foster youth causes traumatic disruptions

Former foster youth speak on their experience with a lack of placement stability while in Oregon's foster care system
By
Libby Dowsett
October 13, 2021
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A photo of comic artist and author of Graveneye, Sloane Leong.

Sloane Leong’s newest work explores horror and obsession

In conversation with Sloane Leong, she tells us about her forthcoming horror comic, ‘Graveneye’ and working with illustrator Anna Bowles
By
Kanani Cortez
October 13, 2021
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A photo of a tent with the on the eastside esplanade of Portland's waterfront with tall city buildings in the background

Kaia Sand | Creating additive solutions to homelessness

OPINION | Looking at solutions to the homelessness crisis, which solutions go beyond spectacle and prove effective?
By
Kaia Sand
October 13, 2021
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Multnomah County Courthouse sign

Portland nonprofit helps expunge juvenile records

Youth, Rights & Justice’s new expunction clinic will assist eligible people in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties seal juvenile charges that often bar them from housing and job opportunities
By
Taylor Griggs
October 6, 2021
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Photo of a green notice announcing an "illegal campsite" taped to a pole.

Analysis of 2021 sweeps raises questions about pandemic policies and procedures

Analysis of sweeps in 2021 shows potential inconsistencies with CDC guidelines, instead correlate with the city's ‘reopening’
By
K. Rambo
October 6, 2021
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Woman holding a sign that urges Kaiser Permanente to support their employees

Thousands of Kaiser workers on the verge of strike

Kaiser Permanente workers say the healthcare company declined proposed contract changes, now prepared to strike due to a lack of safe staffing, saying it puts the health and safety of patients and workers at risk.
By
Aurora Biggers
October 6, 2021
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Photo of a portion of Carver's camp showing a few tents and a bicycle.

OPINION | After a sweep, ‘where are we supposed to go?’

Portland’s sweeps leave people with few resources scrambling to navigate a profoundly broken system lacking oversight, accountability and transparency
By
Bronwyn Carver
September 29, 2021
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Photo of Portland city hall

Editorial | Clean & Safe is a dirty deal

The city's ties with Clean & Safe lack oversight. The city should not rush to approve a new contract.
By
SR editorial board
September 29, 2021
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OPINION | America: A land of inequities

Contributor Brian Greer reflects on America's wealth inequities and its consequences
By
Brian Greer
October 6, 2021
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‘Sorcerer Jackl’ tells a dark chapter in Salzburg’s history

German street paper, Apropos, delves into what really happened 340 years ago in Salzburg
By
Wilhelm Ortmayr
October 6, 2021
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Photo of Portland Community of Christ church that will serve as a rotating shelter location for Family Promise Metro East.

Empty churches to serve as family shelters in East Portland

More than four years after Daybreak closed, an interfaith group plans to reopen family shelters at various churches
By
Aurora Biggers
September 22, 2021
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Photo of Coco Jem Holiday, neighborhood resident Ray Colbert, and OHSU volunteers advertising Local Lounge’s pop-up vaccination clinic on Aug. 14.

Vaccination efforts continue in Multnomah County through community collaboration

Community leaders and health care experts bring vaccines directly to neighborhoods with vaccine rate disparities
By
Andrew Jankowski
September 22, 2021
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Bobby Weinstock photo in front of an illustration of a city skyline.

Powerful medicine: Housing advocate Bobby Weinstock on affordable housing

With three decades of experience working to house people in need, Bobby Weinstock shares his perspective on how to keep people housed
By
Jay Boss Rubin
August 25, 2021
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Photo showing children walking into Kaiser shipyard daycare during World War II

Opinion | It’s time to bring back universal subsidized child care

Learning from history: Community-run child care centers during World War II
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
August 25, 2021
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Exterior of the Oregon State Capitol building

Oregon advocates continue push for decriminalization of sex work after bill fails

Sex workers say the decriminalization of full-service sex work promotes safety
By
Ellena Rosenthal
August 25, 2021
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There are more than 100 papers in 35 countries.

Kaia Sand | It’s a global movement

OPINION | Portland's Street Roots is one of 100 street newspapers in 35 countries
By
Kaia Sand
August 25, 2021
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The exterior of the Oregon State Hospital

Salem man held in jail 'on the idea of future crimes he might commit'

Salem man held in jail despite no criminal charges is clear violation of civil rights, attorneys say
By
Henry Brannan
August 18, 2021
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Portland City Hall

Editorial | Unity is not anonymity

When Portland City Council announced an unanimous decision to sweep Laurelhurst Park a few weeks ago, no one would go on record to talk about it
August 18, 2021
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Anita Dance was moved into an empty home. Sleeping on the cold floor for over a year, she’s one of around two million UK households experiencing furniture poverty.

Empty shell Britain: A family’s experience with furniture poverty

Anita Dance was moved into an empty home. Sleeping on the cold floor for over a year, she’s one of around two million UK households experiencing furniture poverty.
By
Jem Bartholomew
August 17, 2021
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The Jack Fire burned more than 23,000 acres near Glide in July, leaving scorched trees and ground vegetation in its destructive path on both sides of the North Umpqua River.

Forest management not so clear cut

Conservationists and scientists say ‘clearing fuel’ may be helping clear the way for historically destructive fires
By
Jake Thomas
August 17, 2021
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A private patrol officer and Portland Police officer patrol together downtown on Aug. 16

Clean & Safe, PBA exec quietly resigns, raising further questions about influence

Portland City Council is considering extending a controversial multimillion-dollar cleaning and security contract
By
Chris May
August 17, 2021
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Quentin Sandvig

Street Roots Vendor Profile | Quentin Sandvig

He writes poems about homeless children, a giant in a land of plenty, a poem about the “red baron,” and even a parody of Trump
August 11, 2021
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Electrical vehicle recharging

Oregon pushes to limit diesel emissions, but currently lacks infrastructure

Gov. Kate Brown called for reduction of diesel emissions in an ambitious climate order, but experts and advocates remain skeptical the state has the infrastructure to get it done
By
Jake Thomas
August 11, 2021
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A bouquet of flowers is propped against Dan Newth's tent.

‘Spinning as my life goes in circles’

Opinion | Living on the streets is a practice of patience ­— and perserverance
August 11, 2021
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Indigenous land defender Okimaw stands at a red dress ceremony held at a clearcut between Fairy Creek headquarters and River Camp to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people — an epidemic which has been found to correlate

Building Indigenous alliances

Canada’s First Nations people have signed a powerful sovereignty declaration as B.C. halts logging in Fairy Creek for two years. Megaphone and photojournalist Mike Graeme talks to Indigenous activist ƛapisim (Aya Clappis)
August 11, 2021
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Photo illustration showing notebook with "rent relief" written on it, a set of keys and a jar with some money in it.

Oregon emergency rental assistance in disarray, increasing risk of eviction

Oregon rental aid program flounders while clock on eviction protections for renters runs down, putting thousands at risk of eviction
By
Aurora Biggers
August 11, 2021
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Orange tent on a city sidewalk

Five ways to help out in the heat

Hard times demand compassionate responses from the community
By
Kaia Sand
August 10, 2021
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Photo showing Street Roots vendor Joe V. kneeling next to his dog Gil. White text on black background says "I'd just like to thank my customers for their support."

Street Roots vendor profile | Grateful for his customers

Joe is grateful for his customers and his regulars
By
Dylan Jefferies
August 4, 2021
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Image of solitary confinement

Opinion | Solitary confinement chips away at the spirit

Enrique Bautista describes enduring the hole
August 4, 2021
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Mom's Demand Action volunteer Hilary Uhlig

Moms Demand Action volunteer Hilary Uhlig joins Street Roots to talk gun control, education

Background checks, more federal action needed
August 4, 2021
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A West End chalk drawing by Eva Takakanew honoring children who died at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Opinion | How do you just forget?

Eva Takakanew, of Thunderchild First Nation near Turtleford, Saskatchewan, asks what Canada needs to work on with Indigenous communities in 2021
August 3, 2021
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Street Roots ambassadors Mike Dusek and Raven Drake dispatched to Forest Park last September to warn people of fire dangers. Ambassadors are preparing to resume this work in a larger coordinated effort with Portland Fire & Rescue.

Kaia Sand | Global warming poses challenges for the unhoused

Opinion | There’s no escape hatch from the storms and fires
By
Kaia Sand
August 3, 2021

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