News
SR editorial: Prioritize a more robust response to street crises
In our interview with Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, a recurring theme emerged. We need new responders on the front lines to attend to the calls for assistance that don’t need a police officer. Not every call has a criminal nexus, and in fact, many require a skillset and a presence that specifically does not…
Portland police chief responds to concerns from homeless community
Danielle Outlaw has been thrust into the spotlight. The first African-American woman to serve as chief of the Portland Police Bureau, she’s been faced with multiple high-profile challenges since taking over in 2017. Her bureau’s handling of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office’s occupation, clashes between Patriot Prayer and Antifa and officer-involved shootings have…
Rethinking life sentences
Do you believe that everyone has the potential to change? That everyone deserves a second chance? That it’s never too late to become a better person? If so, your operating ethos is opposite to that of the U.S. justice system, where over 200,000 incarcerated people are serving life sentences. More than 17,000 are doing so…
Life on the Streets: Homeless in a woman’s body
In the 2017 Multnomah County Point In Time homeless count, 1,355 adult women were identified as homeless, making up 36 percent of the total homeless population. This was up more than 16 percent from the 1,161 women counted in 2015, and more than double the 662 women counted in 2009. What is it like for the…
Celebrate 20 years of Street Roots with a commemorative beanie
In 2019, Street Roots turns 20. Twenty years of our newspaper committed to covering overlooked stories. Twenty years of our community giving a hand up to people struggling with homelessness and poverty. Twenty years of connecting people across this city, housed and unhoused. Over those years, we’ve expanded from a monthly to a biweekly to…
Wyden clears way for coal-supporter Manchin to head energy committee
Update: On Tuesday, Dec. 11, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) was named the top Democrat on the Senate energy committee Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is next in line for the ranking seat on the Senate energy committee – a position that would hold tremendous power over which carbon policies and other climate change-related energy…
Opinion
SR editorial: Prioritize a more robust response to street crises
In our interview with Portland Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, a recurring theme emerged. We need new responders on the front lines to attend to the calls for assistance that don’t need a police officer. Not every call has a criminal nexus, and in fact, many require a skillset and a presence that specifically does not…
Housing
Portland police chief responds to concerns from homeless community
Danielle Outlaw has been thrust into the spotlight. The first African-American woman to serve as chief of the Portland Police Bureau, she’s been faced with multiple high-profile challenges since taking over in 2017. Her bureau’s handling of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office’s occupation, clashes between Patriot Prayer and Antifa and officer-involved shootings have…
Life on the Streets: Homeless in a woman’s body
In the 2017 Multnomah County Point In Time homeless count, 1,355 adult women were identified as homeless, making up 36 percent of the total homeless population. This was up more than 16 percent from the 1,161 women counted in 2015, and more than double the 662 women counted in 2009. What is it like for the…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: Blue collar all my life
"It is an honor to rise above ground, open my eyes, and take a fresh breath of air,” said Jim McRae. These are the words he lives by. Jim was born in White Plains, N.Y. He was an only child, and his father was a military man. As a communications officer, Jim’s father was responsible…
Environment
Wyden clears way for coal-supporter Manchin to head energy committee
Update: On Tuesday, Dec. 11, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) was named the top Democrat on the Senate energy committee Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is next in line for the ranking seat on the Senate energy committee – a position that would hold tremendous power over which carbon policies and other climate change-related energy…
