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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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Walled In podcast logo: A co-production of Street Roots and The Exiled Voice

Walled In podcast | After prison, ‘I had to relearn how to touch people’

Episode 2: Former prisoners discuss how absence of touch and rules against intimacy affected them while they were incarcerated, and an expert explains the science behind touch starvation
By
Emily Green Joshua Wright
July 10, 2021
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A watercolor illustration depicts an Indigenous person removing a protective face mask to reveal nothing, just a blank space where her mouth should be.

COVID-19’s toll on Oregon’s tribal elders imperils preservation of Native languages

They taught more than grammar and vocabulary; they taught the cultural meaning behind the words. And now, they’re gone.
By
Brian Oaster
July 7, 2021
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A photo illustration shows the silhouette of adult with a child walking on train tracks

Opinion | The boy who loved the father in his dream

Ga lo Vann shares the story of the first hanbleceya and with it reveals the curse of modern-day America and how it has played out in the life of a man sent to prison for killing his sexual abusers as a boy
By
Ga lo Vann
July 7, 2021
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Illustration of two hands reaching for each other, but not touching, with prison bars in the background

The science behind human touch — and what happens when prisoners go without

Deprivation of positive physical contact can result in depression and aggressive behavior, explains the founder of the Touch Research Institute
By
Emily Green
July 7, 2021
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A scene from the film and the cover of the tape

Opinion | What the reception to Seattle’s grittiest film can tell us about the city’s homelessness crisis

Since ‘Streetwise’ was released almost four decades ago, inequality has only grown larger
By
Andrew Hedden
July 7, 2021
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Hands holding coins

Opinion | Guaranteed income can solve U.S. poverty

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | A team of researchers proposes the IRS make monthly payments to lower-income families to move every household above the poverty line
By
Mary King
July 7, 2021
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A tent sits near the bank of the river

Kaia Sand | Where, exactly, can unhoused people camp under Portland’s new policy?

OPINION | Unhoused people deserve to know how the new ordinance on camp sweeps will be applied.
By
Kaia Sand
July 7, 2021
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Street Roots logo with photos of Nicholas Kristof, DeVon Pouncey and Gary Barker

Street Roots Podcast | NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof wants to make you uncomfortable

Episode 20: The “Tightrope” author and longtime Oregonian talks about using his platform to draw people’s attention to our nation’s inequities
By
DeVon Pouncey
July 3, 2021
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Rick Davis, pictured with his quote: "Street Roots means family to me. We celebrate the good times and the bad, too. Just like family."

Street Roots vendor profile | Missing his customers during the pandemic

Rick looks forward to getting back to his regular spots to sell the newspaper
By
Jessica Hamilton
June 30, 2021
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Confucius Plaza Apartments building exterior

Opinion | The commons: Imagining a better normal

Facing problems of gentrification and increased housing costs, many communities have turned housing into commons
By
Jason Hopper
June 30, 2021
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St. Vincent

St. Vincent’s daddy problems

The musician’s new record is a throwback to 1970s grit and glamour – while addressing her white-collar criminal father who was recently released from prison
By
Jared Richards
June 30, 2021
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Wood pawns in a maze of toy blocks

Diary of a Victims’ Advocate | A labyrinth of legal hurdles for immigrants and refugees

OPINION: Existing outside the dominant culture can result in unintended life-changing consequences
By
H. A.
June 30, 2021
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Biketown e-bikes parked outside of Hacienda CDC

Opinion | E-mobility for all keeps getting closer

MOVING FORWARD | Electric bikes come with substantial environmental and social benefits, but some marginalized communities are being left out. Here’s why — and what they’re doing about it.
By
Henry Latourette Miller
June 30, 2021
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A sign on the wall says Family Resource Center, with newspapers displayed beneath it

Opinion | We can learn from youth homelessness, here and abroad

Rupal Ramesh Shah: To address the crisis, lessons need to be shared worldwide
By
Rupal Ramesh Shah
June 30, 2021
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People wear masks while browsing books at the library

Multnomah County Library enters a new era — one that is tech-friendly

With five branches newly reopened, the library system focuses on disparities in access and literacy highlighted by COVID-19
By
Sarah Hansell
June 30, 2021
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An awning is set up on the street, with several people working around it

Kaia Sand | A heat wave is less escapable for those living in the elements

OPINION | When conditions demand it, many unhoused people step up as informal health and safety workers
By
Kaia Sand
June 30, 2021
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Books lined up vertically on a shelf include "Mediocre," "My Gradmother's Hands" and "This Book is Anti-Racist"

Summer Reads 2021: Advocacy leaders’ book picks

Leaders from Portland nonprofits share their recommendations for summer reading about social and environmental justice
June 23, 2021
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Olivia reads

Summer Reads 2021: Kids’ book picks

Middle-grade fiction about racial justice dominates their recommendations for summer reading
June 23, 2021
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Bronwyn Carver stands beside a bookcase full of books

Summer Reads 2021: Street Roots vendors’ book picks

We asked Street Roots vendors to recommend their favorite books
June 23, 2021
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Michelle Lewis stacks books at Third Eye Books

Summer Reads 2021: Street Roots’ book picks

Staff, correspondents and volunteers share recommendations for books with a social or environmental justice bent
June 23, 2021

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