Housing
Living amid mold, pests and filth, Stewart Hotel tenants sue bankrupt landlord
Mark Allison and his wife moved into the Stewart Hotel about six years ago. It’s not a choice most people would have made, but then choice had little to do with it. “It’s hard for us to get a place because of our criminal background, so every place we went to we were turned down,”…
Beaverton aims to accommodate more who live out of their vehicles
The city of Beaverton is looking for more sites that would allow houseless residents to park safely overnight at facilities like churches — and a code change that would allow the one-year pilot to expand. The city’s Safe Parking Pilot Program, a one-year initiative rolled out last April and coordinated by the nonprofit Just Compassion…
The paradox of yes: Responding to homelessness with ideas big and small
Mike leaned slightly on his cane as he walked, his white pit bull strutting jauntily next to him. Randy’s bag of cans clanked like the sound of a car pulling away with a just-married sign. Reminiscent of lady justice holding her scales, Mark balanced two equally weighted bags at either side. I felt a surge…
Environment
U.S. military depends on fuel – and has the carbon footprint to prove it
Climate change is happening, highlighted by dramatically shifting weather patterns and ever more deadly storms, floods, droughts and wildfires. And the evidence is overwhelming that it is driven by the steady increase in greenhouse gases in our atmosphere produced by our fossil fuel-based economic system. Aware of global warming’s deadly consequences, millions of people have…
Opinion
U.S. military depends on fuel – and has the carbon footprint to prove it
Climate change is happening, highlighted by dramatically shifting weather patterns and ever more deadly storms, floods, droughts and wildfires. And the evidence is overwhelming that it is driven by the steady increase in greenhouse gases in our atmosphere produced by our fossil fuel-based economic system. Aware of global warming’s deadly consequences, millions of people have…
The paradox of yes: Responding to homelessness with ideas big and small
Mike leaned slightly on his cane as he walked, his white pit bull strutting jauntily next to him. Randy’s bag of cans clanked like the sound of a car pulling away with a just-married sign. Reminiscent of lady justice holding her scales, Mark balanced two equally weighted bags at either side. I felt a surge…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile: Connected to nature
Magpie Blue is a model for how to live simply. She can show us how to make full use of what surrounds us, how to live in peace and harmony with the universe. “I can’t believe in a religion where you have to die to go to heaven,” she said. “We have heaven right here.” …
News
Trans and nonbinary storytellers to come forward and share
Marilyn Lowles was 51 when she realized her gender identity. As someone assigned male at birth, she was living as a man at the time. Her wife suggested they switch gender roles for a Halloween party, her wife dressing as a man and Lowles dressing as a woman. It was 1994. “I was trying a…
The art and activism of Dana Lynn Louis
Whirling strands of lace or DNA are painted onto large squares of muslin. The fragile filaments touch at tender points and eddy around a core. Delicate cutwork from large, hanging squares casts shadows on the wall. The large fabric sculptures and wall hangings of Dana Lynn Louis now on exhibit at the Russo Lee Gallery…
Culture
The art and activism of Dana Lynn Louis
Whirling strands of lace or DNA are painted onto large squares of muslin. The fragile filaments touch at tender points and eddy around a core. Delicate cutwork from large, hanging squares casts shadows on the wall. The large fabric sculptures and wall hangings of Dana Lynn Louis now on exhibit at the Russo Lee Gallery…
