Culture
Lin-Manuel Miranda: Me at 16
Lin-Manuel Miranda, a performance polymath best known for “Hamilton” and now starring in the TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials,” spoke to The Big Issue, Street Roots’ sister paper in the United Kingdom, in an installment of its series “Letter to My Younger Self.” I am 16 years old and obsessed with two…
Bryan Adams: His new album, his roots, and his photos of street paper vendors
Bryan Adams is one of Canada’s most famous international exports, but he’s still true to his roots. Adams moved from Ontario to British Columbia with his family as a teen and became involved in the music scene in Vancouver, drawing inspiration from his surroundings for songs such as “I’m Ready” and the smash hit “Straight…
News
Bryan Adams: His new album, his roots, and his photos of street paper vendors
Bryan Adams is one of Canada’s most famous international exports, but he’s still true to his roots. Adams moved from Ontario to British Columbia with his family as a teen and became involved in the music scene in Vancouver, drawing inspiration from his surroundings for songs such as “I’m Ready” and the smash hit “Straight…
Street Roots vendors have a say in logo design for Portland Street Response
A panel of three Street Roots vendors joined staff from the office of Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty to select three winning designs in Street Roots’ contest for a new logo for Portland Street Response. Greg Townlee (far right), director of research for the Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative, facilitates the Nov.…
Lisa Fithian: A trainer of mass rebellion
In a global culture characterized by massive and ever-increasing social inequality, polarized politics and rapid ecological decline, we have more well-meaning people working toward remedying these ills than ever before. From the 1980s on, we have witnessed an explosion of nonprofits, non-governmental organizations, and other charitable or humanitarian organizations. But still there is a pall…
Street Roots vendor cited by TriMet: Where is their sense of grace?
Mark Rodriguez’s plight with a TriMet citation struck a chord with readers. On Friday, Nov. 8, Mark told us how he’d been served a $175 citation for not tapping his monthly pass before dashing to catch his MAX train. His Hop card and receipt were clipped to a lanyard, but the fare inspector was uncompromising.…
Housing
Wyden touts plan to expand affordable-housing tax credit
During a stop this month in southwest Portland, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) touted his plan to increase the stock of affordable housing and expand the affordable-housing tax credit. Wyden introduced the Expanded Affordable Housing Tax Credit, which would expand and strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, this summer with support from colleagues on both sides…
Opinion
Street Roots vendor cited by TriMet: Where is their sense of grace?
Mark Rodriguez’s plight with a TriMet citation struck a chord with readers. On Friday, Nov. 8, Mark told us how he’d been served a $175 citation for not tapping his monthly pass before dashing to catch his MAX train. His Hop card and receipt were clipped to a lanyard, but the fare inspector was uncompromising.…
