Housing
In rural Oregon, trips to food banks are the new normal
Walking through the immaculate, well-organized aisles of Junction City Local Aid’s food pantry, Jeanie Burr chatted happily with volunteer Peggy Saltz about produce. “OK, so I got a cauliflower,” Burr said, clutching three bags. “Look at the size of those potatoes! One of these will …” “… make a meal,” said Saltz, finishing her sentence.…
SR editorial: Contractor changes are essential for rural housing
Like Portland, rural communities across Oregon are experiencing a shortage of stable, affordable housing, most notably for low-income families. But unlike Portland – where cranes loom large in neighborhood after neighborhood – finding someone ready to build in rural areas has proved a significant challenge. What is a boon to developers in the City of…
News
In rural Oregon, trips to food banks are the new normal
Walking through the immaculate, well-organized aisles of Junction City Local Aid’s food pantry, Jeanie Burr chatted happily with volunteer Peggy Saltz about produce. “OK, so I got a cauliflower,” Burr said, clutching three bags. “Look at the size of those potatoes! One of these will …” “… make a meal,” said Saltz, finishing her sentence.…
Anti-sanctuary petition: AG takes over investigation as signature-gathering complaints mount
For weeks, signature gatherers working for Ballot Access LLC have been reportedly lying to Portland-area voters, telling them an initiative to repeal Oregon’s sanctuary-state status would do the opposite. Following Street Roots’ Feb. 16 article highlighting this activity, numerous people have reported problems when they tried to get their names removed from the petition they…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: ‘The skip back in my boots’
Kellye is an original, artistic soul who can’t be contained inside four walls for long. She travels the open road with Freya, the 12-year old dog she’s had since she was a puppy. She was born in Ukiah, Calif., and raised everywhere. “I went to 15 different schools,” Kellye said. “There were things I learned…
Culture
Sloane Leong explores the intergalactic world of indigenous sci-fi
Growing up on Maui with no comic scene to speak of, Sloane Leong started teaching herself how to create comics at age 12. By age 16, she’d self-published her first comic, “Crooked Root,” a “scary comedic short” about a bunny and a cyclops. On March 7, she will release her first solo long-form comic, “Prism…
Opinion
Editorial cartoon: March 2, 2018
Portland native Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY Street Roots is an award-winning, nonprofit, weekly newspaper focusing on economic, environmental and social justice issues. Our newspaper is sold in Portland, Oregon, by people experiencing homelessness and/or extreme poverty as means of earning…
SR editorial: Contractor changes are essential for rural housing
Like Portland, rural communities across Oregon are experiencing a shortage of stable, affordable housing, most notably for low-income families. But unlike Portland – where cranes loom large in neighborhood after neighborhood – finding someone ready to build in rural areas has proved a significant challenge. What is a boon to developers in the City of…
Environment
Clear-cutting’s still rampant in Oregon, MAX train reminds us
Throughout March, a giant image of clear-cut forests will confront Portland commuters as it rolls around the city on the side of a MAX train. That’s because Oregon Wild has relaunched its “Welcome to Oregon, Home of the Clear-Cut” campaign in a big way, using a MAX train car and 20 TriMet buses to show Portlanders what’s…
A bird’s-eye view of Oregon’s clear-cuts
The best way to see the extent of clear-cutting in Oregon is to take a look at the satellite imagery in Google Earth. While the Northwest Forest Plan, enacted under President Bill Clinton in 1994, stopped massive clearcuts on most publicly managed forestland, it did little to slow down clear-cuts on private land across Oregon.…
