Opinion
We can all help end the STD stigma: Get tested
This spring is GYT – Get Yourself Tested – a national campaign during Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month focused on helping people take control of their sexual health. It’s important to get tested for STDs because not only can it prevent future health problems, but it’s also a great way to put your body and…
SR editorial: Deja vu on Wapato shelter. It’s still a bad idea.
It’s hard to fault politicians for trying to solve two problems with one plan, especially when the problems have been decades in the making, have confounded a generation of office holders, and carry grave financial and humanitarian consequences. Unless, of course, the plan is a homeless shelter in Wapato. Wapato, for new readers, is the…
Editorial cartoon: April 6, 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…
Environment
How to raise the next generation of planet protectors
Time-strapped parents often approach Mary DeMocker at fossil fuel blockades and pipeline protests, wanting to know a few quick actions they can take to help avert climate change. Over the years, DeMocker, a mother of two and co-founder of 350.org’s Eugene chapter, began to make a mental list of suggestions for those parents. That list…
5 websites for climate-fighting families
In “The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution,” author Mary DeMocker points to a plethora of online resources for parents. These are her favorite websites for getting families educated and engaged in their climate future. >> Mary DeMocker: How to raise the next generation of planet protectors StoryofStuff.org Visit this site to watch easy-to-understand and entertaining shorts that…
13 books for climate-conscious children and teens
In “The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution,” author Mary DeMocker lays out 100 approaches to cultivating a climate-conscious and empowered family. One way is to get kids reading. These are DeMocker’s favorite books for inspiring and motivating youths into action. >> Mary DeMocker: How to raise the next generation of planet protectors For children 12 and…
Culture
Street Roots vendor brings therapeutic creativity to the underserved
Sandy carefully glues a picture postcard of a parrot into her shadow box. “My vision for this assemblage is to honor my love for birds, may their humor and beauty be protected forever,” she wrote in her artist’s mission statement. Sandy holds up her creation, honoring birds. Johnnie lovingly points out the tiny gumball machine,…
Ricky Gervais strives to be ‘as arrogant and as stupid’ as Trump
Ricky Gervais is sandwiched between Barack Obama and Bill Gates. Last year, Brandwatch named him the seventh most influential man on Twitter, keeping esteemed company alongside great figures of our time (but all trumped by some pop stars, a soccer player and, well, Trump). Gervais changed the way we looked and laughed at ourselves with…
What if we could fix poverty, economy, environment all at once? We can.
It’s important to start with the realization that poverty is not caused by poor people.” Let me rephrase Muhammad Yunus, author of “A World of Three Zeros,” because this is important: blaming poor people for being people, as is acceptable in our culture, needs to stop. The actual cause of poverty, in Yunus’ view, is that…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: A daughter he never knew
Harry Richards couldn’t believe it. Two of his sisters had met a woman they were convinced was his daughter. “Nah,” he scoffed, “I wouldn’t have any daughter that I didn’t know about.” She was 33 and had been adopted as a baby. Looking for her father, she registered her DNA on Ancestry.com. The website found a…
News
What if we could fix poverty, economy, environment all at once? We can.
It’s important to start with the realization that poverty is not caused by poor people.” Let me rephrase Muhammad Yunus, author of “A World of Three Zeros,” because this is important: blaming poor people for being people, as is acceptable in our culture, needs to stop. The actual cause of poverty, in Yunus’ view, is that…
Housing
SR editorial: Deja vu on Wapato shelter. It’s still a bad idea.
It’s hard to fault politicians for trying to solve two problems with one plan, especially when the problems have been decades in the making, have confounded a generation of office holders, and carry grave financial and humanitarian consequences. Unless, of course, the plan is a homeless shelter in Wapato. Wapato, for new readers, is the…
