Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: Proud of his Native heritage
Street Roots vendor Harold wants his profile to focus on two things: “that I’m Native American and my heritage.” When Harold was 3 years old, he was part of an assimilation program that moved him and his adopted mother from their reservation in South Dakota to Los Angeles. The program was part of the Indian…
News
Director’s Desk: Leadership means helping others lead, too
Last week I wrote about my reflections and lessons learned from the relationships between advocates and elected officials. This week, I’m writing about when it’s time for community leaders to step aside in order to build and share power within our movement. Israel Bayer is the executive director of Street Roots. You can reach him…
Children of imprisoned parents get Oregon bill of rights
Gov. Kate Brown signed a “bill of rights” for the children of parents serving prison sentences into law on Tuesday, Sept. 19, making Oregon the first state in the country to have such a law. Advocates hope that by establishing a bill of rights for the children of incarcerated parents, Oregon’s state agencies – human…
The domination of big tech
When Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes purchased the New Republic in 2012, he brought back the magazine’s esteemed former editor, Franklin Foer, to help re-create the century-old publication. What had begun as an electrifying collaboration between Hughes and Foer soon burned out. Foer became disillusioned under Hughes’ ownership as he found himself at the mercy of…
Kshama Sawant is a warrior for the working class
Before Kshama Sawant won a seat on the Seattle City Council, she was a prominent organizer within the city’s Occupy movement. Now in her fourth year at City Hall, the former software engineer and economics professor has remained committed to activism. A member of the Socialist Alternative party, Sawant is a proponent of democratic…
Opinion
Director’s Desk: Leadership means helping others lead, too
Last week I wrote about my reflections and lessons learned from the relationships between advocates and elected officials. This week, I’m writing about when it’s time for community leaders to step aside in order to build and share power within our movement. Israel Bayer is the executive director of Street Roots. You can reach him…
Editorial cartoon: Sept. 22, 2017
Portland native Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY
Environment
Dig deep! This farmer and activist has some radical ideas
You might flip through this attractive volume in a bookstore. It has lots of colorful, glossy photos of beaming people of varying ethnicities tending lettuce and holding huge bunches of brilliant beets. You’d probably notice tomatoes and peppers glowing in their market boxes. But other pictures show weedy lots strewn with trash bags and litter,…
Culture
The domination of big tech
When Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes purchased the New Republic in 2012, he brought back the magazine’s esteemed former editor, Franklin Foer, to help re-create the century-old publication. What had begun as an electrifying collaboration between Hughes and Foer soon burned out. Foer became disillusioned under Hughes’ ownership as he found himself at the mercy of…
