News
A worldwide community
You may know your vendor in Portland, but did you know that he or she is one of tens of thousands of vendors around the globe, working their way out of homelessness and poverty with newspapers papers just like Street Roots. Here are a few of the faces from our sister papers. “The shift in…
Semper HA!
By Robert Britt, Staff writer Few will say that courage is in short supply in the Marine Corps, and for Marine veteran Maximilian Uriarte, his display of courage came in a strange form — a comic strip. Uriarte is the creator of the Terminal Lance webcomic, which candidly depicts military life as seen through the…
Mariane Pearl
By Samba Yonga, Street News Service Having faced one of the most unimaginable challenges in her life, Mariane Pearl has come to symbolize hope and courage for humankind across the world. Her life was thrust into the limelight from behind the keys of her computer when her husband, and father-to-be of their unborn child, Daniel…
Ten-year plan to end homelessness gets regional redux
By Amanda Waldroupe, Contributing Writer Now in the autumn of its life, the region’s 10-year plan to end homelessness is getting a makeover, of sorts. The yearlong effort by Portland and Multnomah County is referred to as the 10-year reset. More than 40 people representing social-service agencies and a wide variety of other organizations are…
Well said!
by Street Roots staff “We need a wider way to spread the conviction that moral ethics are really the basis of a happy life. This is true on an individual level as well as on a family, community and humanity level. That is something common for all major religions and traditions, as well as non-believers.…
Street Roots in review
By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer Here’s a brief recap of Street Roots over the past year: Newspaper Street Roots published more than 600 community voices in 2012. The newspaper partnered with more than two dozen organizations that ran op-eds in the newspaper on upstream approaches related to health care, prison reform, equity and other important…
Vendor Profiles
Vendor profile: Finding solid ground after the big move
By Erin Fenner, Contributing Writer Chris Kunzler, 33, and Mirna Abraham, 43, met each other at Sisters of the Road when both were new to Portland. Chris had just moved down from Alaska and Mirna had recently escaped an abusive relationship. Mirna didn’t know anything about the city and her English was still not perfect.…
Opinion
Native American Family and Youth Center students tell their story
Until we are reunited By Mike Wheeler, Contributing Columnist When I first got introduced to my cousins Joe and Isaac, I thought they were twins. Even though Isaac was the older brother by barely a few months, Joe and Isaac went to high school together and even graduated at the same. They have another brother…
Good news abounds, (despite what you’ve heard)
Street Roots editorial Heard any bad news lately? Seems like that’s all there is these days. From the abhorrently tragic to the flat-out infuriating, 2012’s wrap up was a challenge to our spirits. Indeed, positive milestones seldom grab the headlines like the negative, and it’s easy to lose sight of what we have gained, which…
The streets claim another victim, leaving lessons behind
By Mridula Koshy and Michael Creighton, Contributing Columnists A year and a half ago, our family returned to Portland after six years living in India. We found many things had improved in our absence. For example, food carts had become an affordable alternative to fast food. More significantly, the roads and TriMet were so much…
