Housing
Right to rest? Not in Oregon.
Editor's note: This is an updated version of a story originally published in the April 26 print edition of Street Roots. Ovid Neal III was 6-foot-4 with chiseled features that landed him modeling gigs with Harley-Davidson motorcycles. He graduated from Hampshire College and Harvard Divinity School, wrote poetry and played the blues harmonica. However, he also grappled…
Unpacking Eviction Representation for All
Voters can weigh in on a watershed moment in the county’s housing crisis with county Measure 26-238. If passed, the measure would levy a capital gains tax to fund legal representation for tenants in all eviction cases and create a residential tenant resources program. Right now, tenants aren’t provided with legal counsel, and the vast…
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Right to rest? Not in Oregon.
Editor's note: This is an updated version of a story originally published in the April 26 print edition of Street Roots. Ovid Neal III was 6-foot-4 with chiseled features that landed him modeling gigs with Harley-Davidson motorcycles. He graduated from Hampshire College and Harvard Divinity School, wrote poetry and played the blues harmonica. However, he also grappled…
Last month in Oregon Labor | April 2023
Oregon’s labor scene saw at least 12 union wins, nine filings and nine labor actions in April — more than double the wins, more filings and more labor actions than in March. Notably, the New Seasons Labor Union continued its hot streak and added an eighth unionized location to its membership. The State Senate passed…
2023 Elections | Multnomah County Commissioner District 3
It’s clear the lack of affordable housing and increase in homelessness in Multnomah County is a crisis. Whoever wins the only open seat for the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners — Southeast Portland District 3 — has the opportunity to add a new perspective on how the board addresses both. Commissioners have the power to…
Unpacking Eviction Representation for All
Voters can weigh in on a watershed moment in the county’s housing crisis with county Measure 26-238. If passed, the measure would levy a capital gains tax to fund legal representation for tenants in all eviction cases and create a residential tenant resources program. Right now, tenants aren’t provided with legal counsel, and the vast…
I Am M.O.R.E. empowers Portland youth
When Justice English walked into journalism class as a high school junior five years ago, she met a teacher who changed her life: S. Renee Mitchell, former Oregonian Metro columnist and the only Black teacher at Roosevelt High School. That year English found the guidance she was looking for and eventually became one of three…
Opinion
Letter from the editor | Enjoy the spring weather and get informed on elections
As cherry blossoms begin to depart and the spring sun musters all it can to chip away at the gloomy canopy making its home atop the Willamette Valley, winter-weary Portlanders are treated to a quietly crucial election season. Southeast Portland voters have to elect a new county commissioner to represent their interests. County-wide, voters have…
