News
Multnomah County releases jail death records following DA order
Editor’s note: This story discusses self-harm. If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 988. Multnomah County disclosed the cause of one jail death and released medical examiner records for two additional jail deaths Aug. 18, following a successful public records appeal filed…
Twin US House and Senate bills aim to address hunting, fishing rights for two Oregon tribes
The ability to gather food, medicines and natural resources from the land is critical to the vitality of Indigenous cultures. Two Native nations in Oregon lack those rights: The Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Twin bills proposed by Oregon lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S.…
Environment
Twin US House and Senate bills aim to address hunting, fishing rights for two Oregon tribes
The ability to gather food, medicines and natural resources from the land is critical to the vitality of Indigenous cultures. Two Native nations in Oregon lack those rights: The Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Twin bills proposed by Oregon lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S.…
Opinion
Opinion | Claims stating downtown’s pandemic recovery is prolonged lack evidence
Local news outlets are reporting downtown Portland is recovering particularly slowly from the pandemic and that people are moving away to avoid homeless people and taxes. They’re echoing the talking points of wealthy real estate heir Jordan Schnitzer and his cronies. These assertions feed a narrative that supports pushing people off the streets into costly…
Kaia Sand | Support Street Roots’ campaign to install an elevator
You may have caught sight of the cranes inserting steel framing into a newly constructed elevator shaft in the Street Roots building under construction at Northwest 3rd Street and Burnside Street. Crews are continuing to fortify the shaft, retrofitting the 1926 building for an elevator that will transect four floors, from the basement wellness center…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Connecting with others is a superpower
Gary Serventi is a self-described “wandering vendor.” Gary likes to be on the move and doesn’t have just one vendor post. He has sold newspapers for Street Roots the past five years as he moves from area to area walking through Northwest Portland. “I like to be the one on the move and I am…
