Housing
In memoriam: Vendor Roger Lee Moore
Roger Lee Moore was born in West Virginia to parents Charles and Irene Moore. He was blessed to have four sisters and three brothers. Roger worked in the Portland shipyards painting ships, as a fisherman in Astoria, and in his early years was a logger in West Virginia. He also helped build a home for…
Homeless veterans hang in the balance
After living his car, homeless, for a little over a year, Daniel Kallunki moved into a one-bedroom apartment near Troutdale last November, less than a month after receiving a Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) voucher. He’s able to better manage his multiple sclerosis, a diagnosis he received in March 2014. The illness forced him to…
Vendor Profiles
In memoriam: Vendor Roger Lee Moore
Roger Lee Moore was born in West Virginia to parents Charles and Irene Moore. He was blessed to have four sisters and three brothers. Roger worked in the Portland shipyards painting ships, as a fisherman in Astoria, and in his early years was a logger in West Virginia. He also helped build a home for…
Environment
Victory, defeat and alternative facts in two coastal county elections
In the battle to protect the environment, activists are increasingly turning to a model of local organizing that mixes face-to-face democracy with the power to create law. Not everyone is happy with that. Two recent law-making initiatives on the Oregon coast provide a striking case in point: Measures 6-162 in Coos County, and Measure 21-177…
‘The animals can’t wait’
Dani Rukin’s legs are a little shaky as she approaches the front doors of a Safeway in Southeast Portland. She glances down at the sign in her hand – a picture of a bloated pig carcass covered in mud, captioned: “It’s Not Food, It’s Violence” – to draw on the strength of her purpose. She…
News
Victory, defeat and alternative facts in two coastal county elections
In the battle to protect the environment, activists are increasingly turning to a model of local organizing that mixes face-to-face democracy with the power to create law. Not everyone is happy with that. Two recent law-making initiatives on the Oregon coast provide a striking case in point: Measures 6-162 in Coos County, and Measure 21-177…
Homeless veterans hang in the balance
After living his car, homeless, for a little over a year, Daniel Kallunki moved into a one-bedroom apartment near Troutdale last November, less than a month after receiving a Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) voucher. He’s able to better manage his multiple sclerosis, a diagnosis he received in March 2014. The illness forced him to…
‘The animals can’t wait’
Dani Rukin’s legs are a little shaky as she approaches the front doors of a Safeway in Southeast Portland. She glances down at the sign in her hand – a picture of a bloated pig carcass covered in mud, captioned: “It’s Not Food, It’s Violence” – to draw on the strength of her purpose. She…
Portland police see increase in misconduct allegations from public
The Independent Police Review’s Annual Report shows community members filed 435 complaints against Portland police in 2016. It’s the highest number of complaints the agency charged with police oversight has processed in eight years. When Portlanders take issue with the behavior of a police bureau employee, they can file a complaint with the Independent Police…
Challenging machismo
Machismo, an exaggerated and culturally specific form of toxic masculinity, is a concept that shapes many Latinx households. While it manifests itself in a multitude of ways, machismo is most clearly marked by a rigidity in gender roles and the encouragement of dominant, self-righteous men. For Cassandra Alicia and Ruben Angel, activists and founders of…
Opinion
Editorial cartoon: May 26, 2017
Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. (Click or tap the image to enlarge it.) Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY
