News
‘Most vulnerable even more vulnerable’: FCC’s Mignon Clyburn on ending net neutrality
When the Federal Communications Commission voted this month to gut internet neutrality protections, Commissioner Mignon Clyburn did not hold back her outrage. The FCC, in her words, had “pulled its own teeth” in passing what she called the “consumer-harming, corporate-enabling Destroying Internet Freedom Order.” Clyburn, along with fellow Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, were the two…
‘Ratf**ked’: Political pranks and modern-day tricksters
Ratfucked! A raw epithet that goes back to the 1920s. Five decades later, it became a favorite of Richard Nixon’s dirty trickster Donald Segretti. During Tricky Dick’s re-election campaign in 1972, Segretti was busy plying political pranks on behalf of a president who would resign two years later in the wake of the Watergate scandal.…
Director’s Desk: In 2018, let’s move forward, help people on streets
Here we are at the turn of a new year. Some of us will attend parties with glitter and clinking glasses. Others will hunker in with families around board games or a TV. Some will get away to the mountains or ocean or somewhere, anywhere, that’s warmer than here. Others of us will brave yet…
Opinion
We can fix global trade and create social, worker benefits
Street Smart Economics is a periodic series written by professors emeriti in economics for Street Roots. How do we change U.S. trade policy to better serve the interests of the vast majority both here and abroad? How do we manage trade in the national interest? The choice is not between managed trade and free trade.…
Notable and quotable: Our favorites from 2017
Jan. 20 Barney Frank Former congressman They’re going to make it easier for people to ignore our rights by saying religion trumps our rights. That’s what they are going to do. Feb. 10 John Lewis Congressman from Georgia My hope for the future is very simple: that we can leave this little planet a…
Housing
Homeless in Coos Bay: Up close and personal
One woman, one 10-year-old boy, two cats, two dogs, all living in a van in a Walmart parking lot. This is what home looks like for Sara Moore and her son, Josh.* Homelessness is widespread across Oregon. We all see it, but what many people don’t understand is the daily struggle and juggle of surviving. …
Director’s Desk: In 2018, let’s move forward, help people on streets
Here we are at the turn of a new year. Some of us will attend parties with glitter and clinking glasses. Others will hunker in with families around board games or a TV. Some will get away to the mountains or ocean or somewhere, anywhere, that’s warmer than here. Others of us will brave yet…
Culture
Looking for love in 2018? Write to the tree
Sometimes reality is as unbelievable as fiction. Sometimes, there are lucky coincidences in life that could not be written in a work of fiction because nobody would believe them. Peter and Marita Pump’s marriage is based on such a chain of lucky coincidences. “There is no question; a higher being must have had a hand…
Notable and quotable: Our favorites from 2017
Jan. 20 Barney Frank Former congressman They’re going to make it easier for people to ignore our rights by saying religion trumps our rights. That’s what they are going to do. Feb. 10 John Lewis Congressman from Georgia My hope for the future is very simple: that we can leave this little planet a…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: Able to work, care for himself
When he was a vegan, Jarid Campbell made his own soy milk and tofu at home. He can give a detailed description about the process. “I’m real picky about food. Now I like macrobiotics when I can get hold of it,” Jarid said. “I feel better when I leave all that other stuff out.” The…
