Housing
Real estate interests dominate politics in Oregon’s coastal communities
In popular destinations along the Oregon Coast, increased tourism and the ongoing conversion of homes into vacation rentals have contributed to an extreme housing shortage. But as the housing market heats up, real estate interests are putting their money into elections – and locals are finding they can’t compete. In Tillamook County, officials know that before they…
Tourism’s coastal crunch: Vacation rentals and crowds create livability issues
The Deep End Café in Newport was packed full of customers two summers ago when its owner, Charlotte Boxer, got a call from her neighbor. The neighbor wanted to let Boxer know that a stranger had climbed onto the roof of her house. She left the busy restaurant to make the short drive to her…
Director’s Desk: Street-level lessons on the urgency to end trauma
It was a situation that easily could have gone badly. By the time I walked up, a clearly distressed man was sitting on the sidewalk, yelling, while an officer towered over him. Down the block, a man filmed the scene with his cell phone. People walked up; a crowd swelled. More cell phone cameras clicked…
News
Real estate interests dominate politics in Oregon’s coastal communities
In popular destinations along the Oregon Coast, increased tourism and the ongoing conversion of homes into vacation rentals have contributed to an extreme housing shortage. But as the housing market heats up, real estate interests are putting their money into elections – and locals are finding they can’t compete. In Tillamook County, officials know that before they…
Tourism’s coastal crunch: Vacation rentals and crowds create livability issues
The Deep End Café in Newport was packed full of customers two summers ago when its owner, Charlotte Boxer, got a call from her neighbor. The neighbor wanted to let Boxer know that a stranger had climbed onto the roof of her house. She left the busy restaurant to make the short drive to her…
TriMet LIFT drivers plan event to address work conditions
Imagine that you’ve just arrived at work, and you are immediately informed it is time for your first break. Within the next two hours, you also must take your lunch break and second short break. Now, you have six, maybe seven hours of your shift left — and your breaks are spent. Now imagine that…
Poetry & Art
Four Street Roots vendors chosen for Portland Art Museum’s exhibit
Big city art museums have traditionally been vault-like repositories of masterpieces hanging quietly on a wall, seen only by the well-heeled. Uniformed guards on the prowl for patrons standing too close to the art add to what can be an isolating, disconnected experience. The Portland Art Museum is joining the worldwide trend away from this…
Jessica Bruder reveals a subculture in America spawned by the drive to survive
The headlines may talk about growth, but we are living in a dark economic era. For most families, income and wealth have stagnated in recent decades, barely keeping pace with inflation. Nearly all the bounty of the economy’s growth has flowed to the affluent.” That’s commentary penned last April by New York Times columnist David…
Opinion
Director’s Desk: Street-level lessons on the urgency to end trauma
It was a situation that easily could have gone badly. By the time I walked up, a clearly distressed man was sitting on the sidewalk, yelling, while an officer towered over him. Down the block, a man filmed the scene with his cell phone. People walked up; a crowd swelled. More cell phone cameras clicked…
Feds put ideology before evidence in family planning grant criteria
As the nation’s largest provider of sex education, Planned Parenthood knows that young people need to understand what a healthy relationship looks like and have the opportunity to practice good communication skills before they become sexually active. We know that young people need developmentally appropriate, medically accurate information and answers to their questions about sex…
