Opinion
Preserving trees AND healthy, affordable neighborhoods
One of the more pernicious false choices you hear in debates about trees and redevelopment in Portland is the idea that we must choose between trees and their public health benefits and the urgent need for affordable housing (see “Eight myths about Portland’s new tree code"). Some say preserving more large trees and space for…
Residential Infill Project is good – and could be better
Portland is growing, fast. Our city is expected to add more than 120,000 new families by 2035 – both those born here and those just arriving. Through city planning efforts, most of this growth will be channeled into our central city and commercial corridors, but people need options in residential neighborhoods, too. Most of Portland’s…
SR editorial: Engagement first step to bridging socioeconomic voting gap
In a nation of states where lawmakers are working every angle to suppress voting by the masses, Oregon stands above the fray with a solid record. We have the universally popular vote-by-mail system, which unfetters voters from the ballot booths. (That’s particularly refreshing this year, knowing some states face the hubris of self-appointed monitors against…
News
Prophets of Rage put economic disparity, homelessness center stage
To say that Prophets of Rage is political doesn’t quite cover it. When reporters or pundits – from ABC, to Bill Maher, to Rolling Stone – call this combination of musicians from Cypress Hill, Rage Against the Machine and Public Enemy a “supergroup,” guitarist Tom Morello is quick to counter them. “We’re an elite task…
‘This is not a drill,’ warns head of NARAL Pro-Choice America
Before a national television audience, Ilyse Hogue took the stage on the third night of the 2016 Democratic National Convention and did the unthinkable – she spoke publicly about her abortion. Her words struck a chord. Abortion remains a highly divisive social issue that carries with it a stigma long felt by the millions of…
The Bundys vs. ‘the real patriots’ in Standing Rock
At the beginning of this year, the small town of Burns made national headlines after it came under siege by anti-government extremists led by Utah’s Ammon Bundy. After marching through Burns (part of the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation) on Jan. 2, the entourage took up residence at the government office overseeing the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, occupying…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: Congratulations, Dennis
Street Roots vendor Dennis Chavez got keys to his own apartment in Southeast Portland earlier this month with the help of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive Services for Veterans and Families grant program. “I’m renting a room in the basement of a house, which I share with one other person. We have our own…
Environment
The Bundys vs. ‘the real patriots’ in Standing Rock
At the beginning of this year, the small town of Burns made national headlines after it came under siege by anti-government extremists led by Utah’s Ammon Bundy. After marching through Burns (part of the Burns Paiute Indian Reservation) on Jan. 2, the entourage took up residence at the government office overseeing the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, occupying…
