Opinion
Opinion | Solitary confinement chips away at the spirit
Sometimes truth and reality are complete strangers, and not to each other, but to those of us who haven’t bothered to look or haven’t been met with the truth yet. But I’ve been in the trenches. I’ve seen it. I’ve felt it. I’ve even tasted it. In fact, I am now having myself another bitter…
Opinion | How do you just forget?
The history of Indigenous genocide in Canada implicates all levels of government, the RCMP, local police departments, mainstream churches, large corporations, health care, the justice system — and on and on. The web of lies, as well as the direct and complicit involvement on the part of all, will remain forever in those who endured…
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Moms Demand Action volunteer Hilary Uhlig joins Street Roots to talk gun control, education
It’s the text no parent wants to see from their child during school: “Mom, I love you, just in case.” The message reach Hilary Uhlig’s phone while her child was lockdown after a threat to the school. “My kids were in high school at the time, and they were being taught how to ‘run, hide,…
Kaia Sand | Global warming poses challenges for the unhoused
The September fires. The February freeze. The June heat dome. Weather disasters have come at a furious clip this year, amplified by a pandemic in which sheltering people indoors holds additional dangers. These weather disasters have changed the way we do our work at Street Roots. A disrupted climate disproportionately impacts people in poverty —…
