Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: ‘Doing the right things’
Rick Davis describes much of his life as blessed. He grew up in Portland’s Sellwood area, the youngest of five. Back then, Rick said, Sellwood was “a hard part of town.” The neighborhood kids would “run amok” and get in all kinds of trouble. The Boys Club (now the Boys & Girls Clubs) helped get…
News
What’s the problem with NORCOR?
Charles, the manager of a Hood River restaurant, wants his sous chef back. When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained an undocumented Mexican immigrant who had worked as his sous chef for a decade, Charles recalled, there was no drama. It was 6 a.m. on a June morning, and the agents simply showed up, flashed…
Ursula K. Le Guin: Free speech, press are ‘liberty in action’
Many consider the arts, and the ability to produce art, intrinsically connected to freedom of expression and essential to ensuring a democratic and egalitarian society. “Artists are advocating for a highly individual approach to humanity," Andrew Proctor, the executive director of Literary Arts, told Street Roots recently. "Artists, by definition, are anti-authoritarian.” That message is…
Two-spirit animator embraces her art and identity
Artist Raven John is carving her own path and finding work as a professional in spaces that celebrate both her indigenous and two-spirit identity. Bullied as a teenager, John didn’t finish high school. But now 28, she has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is working on a certificate in Northwest Coast jewelry arts from…
Faith & Justice: Portland pastor Adam Phillips does church differently
Pastor Adam Phillips began his sermon on white supremacy with a personal anecdote about walking through a slum in Ghana before arriving at a “door of no return” – one of many passageways Africans were forced through on their way to slavery in the Americas. It was the last Sunday in August, and for two…
Opinion
Editorial cartoon: Sept. 29, 2017
Portland native Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY
SR editorial: Portland housing success lies in sustainable, systemic changes
It comes as no surprise that the Portland City Council is poised to extend the state of emergency to address homelessness. There is little on the ground that has changed since it was first declared in 2015 by then-Mayor Charlie Hales. It has already been renewed once, in 2016. But that doesn’t mean a lot…
Culture
Ursula K. Le Guin: Free speech, press are ‘liberty in action’
Many consider the arts, and the ability to produce art, intrinsically connected to freedom of expression and essential to ensuring a democratic and egalitarian society. “Artists are advocating for a highly individual approach to humanity," Andrew Proctor, the executive director of Literary Arts, told Street Roots recently. "Artists, by definition, are anti-authoritarian.” That message is…
Two-spirit animator embraces her art and identity
Artist Raven John is carving her own path and finding work as a professional in spaces that celebrate both her indigenous and two-spirit identity. Bullied as a teenager, John didn’t finish high school. But now 28, she has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is working on a certificate in Northwest Coast jewelry arts from…
Housing
SR editorial: Portland housing success lies in sustainable, systemic changes
It comes as no surprise that the Portland City Council is poised to extend the state of emergency to address homelessness. There is little on the ground that has changed since it was first declared in 2015 by then-Mayor Charlie Hales. It has already been renewed once, in 2016. But that doesn’t mean a lot…
