Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: A hiker with ‘a lot of dreams’
Jeremiah has backpacking in his blood. His grandfather was president of the Maine Appalachian Trail Club and devoted his life to getting easements for the original Appalachian Trail, Jeremiah said. Thirteen years ago, Jeremiah hiked the entire 2,200 miles of Appalachian Trail in one hiking season, a mammoth feat. When “crushing” the miles, he would…
News
Misled by a canvasser, I signed the anti-sanctuary petition
On the evening of Saturday, March 3, I visited the Gresham Fred Meyer to pick up some late-night snacks. As I walked up to the doors, I was approached by two canvassers. The canvasser who approached me was holding a clipboard with a petition on colored paper, indicating that she was being paid to get…
Photographer Fazal Sheikh wants you to imagine yourself where they are
“Common Ground” fosters an illusive impression of intimacy between the viewer and the viewed. The new exhibit at Portland Art Museum features more than 170 photographs, most of them portraits depicting victims of circumstance; people whose lives were forcefully reshaped through poverty, social banishment and war. But sitting on the other side of Fazal Sheikh’s…
These Buddhist nuns empower girls – with kung fu
Nuns from the Himalayan Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism go into communities to teach women and girls how to defend themselves using the mythologized techniques of kung fu. In the West, perceptions of kung fu are reflected by our pop culture. Generations of kids who grew up watching Bruce Lee movies have gone on to…
Leilani Farha’s worldly perspective on poverty in the wealthiest nation
Leilani Farha doesn’t want to live in a world where people have to negotiate to use the bathroom. She doesn’t want to live in a world where residents in the United States, the richest country on the planet, live in encampments infested with rats. She doesn’t want to live in a world where people are discriminated…
It’s Friday morning at Street Roots: ‘Beautiful chaos’
It’s 7:20 a.m. Dawn is washing over the silver streets of Old Town Portland. A gathering knot of souls waits outside the still dark door of Street Roots, peering in, waiting for Cole or Caelin or Scott to switch on a light and unlock the door. Most are shouldering packs full to bursting with bedrolls,…
Opinion
Misled by a canvasser, I signed the anti-sanctuary petition
On the evening of Saturday, March 3, I visited the Gresham Fred Meyer to pick up some late-night snacks. As I walked up to the doors, I was approached by two canvassers. The canvasser who approached me was holding a clipboard with a petition on colored paper, indicating that she was being paid to get…
Editorial cartoon: March 9, 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…
It’s Oregon’s most environmentally catastrophic project – but PBA backs Jordan Cove
On Feb. 19, the Portland Business Alliance submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission stating that its 1,900 members joined together in supporting the Jordan Cove/Pacific Connector Pipeline project in Coos Bay. Yes, this is the same Portland Business Alliance that sued Portland for passing its No New Fossil Fuels Infrastructure law –…
Director’s Desk: Legislature makes housing gains, but sweeps still plague homeless
Mark jotted a letter on a sheet of amber-green colored paper that he tucked into a Street Roots newspaper. He did this over and over, writing letters to Oregon legislators and their staffers, imploring them to make more housing affordable to more people. A few weeks ago, Mark traveled to Salem with several other Street…
Culture
Photographer Fazal Sheikh wants you to imagine yourself where they are
“Common Ground” fosters an illusive impression of intimacy between the viewer and the viewed. The new exhibit at Portland Art Museum features more than 170 photographs, most of them portraits depicting victims of circumstance; people whose lives were forcefully reshaped through poverty, social banishment and war. But sitting on the other side of Fazal Sheikh’s…
Environment
It’s Oregon’s most environmentally catastrophic project – but PBA backs Jordan Cove
On Feb. 19, the Portland Business Alliance submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission stating that its 1,900 members joined together in supporting the Jordan Cove/Pacific Connector Pipeline project in Coos Bay. Yes, this is the same Portland Business Alliance that sued Portland for passing its No New Fossil Fuels Infrastructure law –…
Housing
Director’s Desk: Legislature makes housing gains, but sweeps still plague homeless
Mark jotted a letter on a sheet of amber-green colored paper that he tucked into a Street Roots newspaper. He did this over and over, writing letters to Oregon legislators and their staffers, imploring them to make more housing affordable to more people. A few weeks ago, Mark traveled to Salem with several other Street…
