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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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Photo of multiple surveillance cameras mounted onto a wall

20 years without complexity: The legacy of 9/11 for American Muslims

By
Anjabeen Ashraf
October 13, 2021
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A photo of two people fist bumping , both wearing hats and face masks.

Union Gospel Mission hosted expanded distribution event

Union Gospel Mission's annual distribution event provides winter weather essentials to vulnerable Portlanders
By
Andrew Jankowski
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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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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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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Illustration: The shape of Oregon, made up of dollar bills, with burn marks throughout it

Even as Oregon uses Indigenous practices to fight wildfires, tribes are largely excluded from policymaking

Native representation in decision-making processes is meager compared to business interests’
By
Brian Oaster
April 21, 2021
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Keyboard with a key that reads: _hate

Diary of a Victims' Advocate | When a victim of bullying fights back

OPINION | Respectful dialogue — listening, reflecting, validating — can be a solution
By
M. M.
April 21, 2021
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Trees

With cap-and-trade off the table, here’s how Oregon lawmakers are tackling climate change

Legislators are taking a sector-by-sector approach this session, but is it enough?
By
Chris May
April 21, 2021
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Oregon State Capitol in the spring

Environmental bills we’re tracking in the 2021 Oregon legislative session

Oregon lawmakers are considering policies related to environmental justice, energy, natural resources and more
April 21, 2021
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Paulette Martin walks past a memorial with flowers and candles

Kaia Sand | ‘Why are they shooting people?’

DIRECTOR’S DESK | The police killing of Robert Delgado was among a national spate of such killings since the Chauvin trial began
By
Kaia Sand
April 21, 2021
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People march, holding signs that read: Justice 4 George Floyd. Stop police brutality.

Lakayana Drury | ‘The problem is police agencies, not Black people’

OPINION | Reflecting on the Derek Chauvin trial, the Word Is Bond executive director says that if things are going to change, white people and police need to do the work
By
Lakayana Drury
April 20, 2021
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George Floyd mural

Mike Schmidt | Derek Chauvin is on trial, but ‘this journey toward equity hasn’t ended’

OPINION | The Multnomah County district attorney says he’ll keep doing what he can to make a difference, and so will you
By
Mike Schmidt
April 20, 2021

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