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Cory Booker: Justice ‘should be equal for everybody’
Since arriving in Washington, D.C., in 2013, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has found common ground with some of his most conservative colleagues, including Jeff Sessions and Lindsey Graham. Despite his reputation as a bipartisan champion, though, Booker’s recent proposals are distinctly progressive. In October, he introduced legislation that addresses environmental injustice such as lead poisoning…
Reading, writing and rural health: The effect of Oregon’s school nurse shortage
According to Oregon Health & Science University’s Office of Rural Health, Oregon has 53 service areas in 24 counties where the population’s health needs are not being met. That means that Oregonians in those areas are not getting adequate access to primary physical, mental and oral health care services. Among those most affected are the…
Lessons from our own Filipino resistance
Many histories of the New Left end with the 1960s or early 1970s, often focusing on the White student opposition to the Vietnam War, and sometimes on the Black Panthers. But there was an upsurge in other ethnic communities that carried forward into the 1970s and 1980s. One of the most successful, at least in…
The real reason we’re depressed, anxious – and what to do about it
The way we’ve been taught to think about depression and anxiety is all wrong, says Johann Hari. In his new book, the London-based journalist and New York Times best-selling author explains that depression is not actually the result of malfunctioning brain chemistry – it’s a response to the way we’re living our lives. Hari spent…
Director’s Desk: Creatively maladjusting to status quo; make housing a right
In the morning light in Old Town, an elderly woman trudged down a rain-shiny sidewalk on Sixth Avenue, her backpack full and sagging low. It was unclear how much her appearance of advanced age was from lived years and how much was from a hard life. But what was clear was that each movement was…
Housing
Reading, writing and rural health: The effect of Oregon’s school nurse shortage
According to Oregon Health & Science University’s Office of Rural Health, Oregon has 53 service areas in 24 counties where the population’s health needs are not being met. That means that Oregonians in those areas are not getting adequate access to primary physical, mental and oral health care services. Among those most affected are the…
Director’s Desk: Creatively maladjusting to status quo; make housing a right
In the morning light in Old Town, an elderly woman trudged down a rain-shiny sidewalk on Sixth Avenue, her backpack full and sagging low. It was unclear how much her appearance of advanced age was from lived years and how much was from a hard life. But what was clear was that each movement was…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: ‘Freedom from a lie’
Tina Rayeanne Drake adds sugar and milk to her coffee cup first, then pumps in the steaming hot liquid from the carafe. In this, as in all she does, she acts with well-considered intent. Choosing her name was no exception. “Tina, my first name, I’ve always loved,” she said. “Rayeanne is an extension of my…
Opinion
Lessons from our own Filipino resistance
Many histories of the New Left end with the 1960s or early 1970s, often focusing on the White student opposition to the Vietnam War, and sometimes on the Black Panthers. But there was an upsurge in other ethnic communities that carried forward into the 1970s and 1980s. One of the most successful, at least in…
Director’s Desk: Creatively maladjusting to status quo; make housing a right
In the morning light in Old Town, an elderly woman trudged down a rain-shiny sidewalk on Sixth Avenue, her backpack full and sagging low. It was unclear how much her appearance of advanced age was from lived years and how much was from a hard life. But what was clear was that each movement was…
‘Vote yes for Measure 101’
Portland native Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY FURTHER READING: • Street Roots endorses Measure 101: 'We know the people hanging in the balance' • Street Roots Executive Director Kaia Sand on Measure 101: Be part of the solution
Culture
The real reason we’re depressed, anxious – and what to do about it
The way we’ve been taught to think about depression and anxiety is all wrong, says Johann Hari. In his new book, the London-based journalist and New York Times best-selling author explains that depression is not actually the result of malfunctioning brain chemistry – it’s a response to the way we’re living our lives. Hari spent…
