News
Planet Portland: Personal journeys of local immigrants
Since 2015, Street Roots has been publishing Planet Portland, a periodic series of articles on the personal journeys within Portland's immigrant communities. These are their stories. Meet Kilong Ung, who spent four years as a slave laborer in Cambodia Ung survived hell before coming to Portland, where he realized his dream of becoming a Royal Rosarian.…
Willamette Superfund cleanup expected to proceed under Trump
After months of public comment and many more years of study, the Environmental Protection Agency has finally approved its plan for cleaning up the Willamette River Superfund site. The EPA’s highest official signed an official Record of Decision on Jan. 3, 2017 – the biggest milestone in a 16-year process to restore healthy fish and clean water…
Cut off: Keeping Oregon foster siblings connected
It’s been two years since DeAnna Baker has seen or heard from her two little brothers. Baker, 16, and her younger siblings have been in and out of Oregon’s foster care system since they were infants, moving back and forth between foster homes and living with their parents on the outer west edges of the…
David Rogers: ACLU of Oregon’s role in the resistance
As President Donald Trump’s executive orders fly out of the White House at an exhausting rate, many are looking to the American Civil Liberties Union as the most obvious line of defense. The organization has received unprecedented donations since the election, with $24 million pouring in online over this past weekend – and it’s already…
What’s next for Oregon Health Plan?
The Oregon Health Plan is reputed to be one of the most innovative and ambitious Medicaid programs in the nation. The program provides health care for 1 million people, or nearly 25 percent of Oregon’s population – anyone who makes below roughly $16,000 a year or is disabled or elderly. Oregon Health Plan patients receive…
Environment
Willamette Superfund cleanup expected to proceed under Trump
After months of public comment and many more years of study, the Environmental Protection Agency has finally approved its plan for cleaning up the Willamette River Superfund site. The EPA’s highest official signed an official Record of Decision on Jan. 3, 2017 – the biggest milestone in a 16-year process to restore healthy fish and clean water…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: Courage, respect and positivity
Kevin Robinson sells Street Roots through rain, sleet and snow. “When it snowed,” Kevin said, “it was hard. I fell on the ice a couple times, but I sold some papers. Didn’t make as much money as I normally do, but I did make a few bucks here and there.” Customers told him he was…
Opinion
SR editorial: Amid threats, we shall overcome
Since Jan. 27, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order to stop all refugees from entering the United States, outrage has steamrolled through our community. The president’s order is not just misguided; it is racist. It is intended to incite further hatred and violence, to divide and conquer. It’s the lure of fear, the…
