Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Eager for the pandemic to end
Longtime vendor Paulette Bade didn’t let the February weather dampen her mood. Living in senior housing qualified Paulette to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and she was both unfazed by the rain that morning and optimistic about the future. “The vaccine will make it better. I hope they find a cure soon,” she said. Born in…
Culture
Dave Grohl: ‘Music has always been about life’
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl pens a letter to his younger self as part of the series by The Big Issue, Street Roots’ sister paper in the United Kingdom. In it, he opens up about how he learned music, his childhood memories, playing with Paul McCartney and Kurt Cobain, and just how much he loves his…
News
The human stories behind a slate of Oregon policing bills
A slew of bills before the Oregon Legislature this year come under the heading of “equitable policing.” Angela Foster of Milwaukie told lawmakers Jan. 27 she would find policing more equitable if officers didn’t beat, kick and laugh at people they have at their mercy. “One Indigenous person was refused medical care numerous times,” she told…
Rep. Janelle Bynum is determined to improve police accountability in Oregon
In the charge toward police reform in the Oregon State Legislature, Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-Clackamas) is leading the way. As chair of the House Judiciary Committee, she has sponsored or co-sponsored a slate of bills intended to raise the bar on police accountability. Among them are bills to create a public-access statewide police misconduct database,…
Carmen Rubio: Pandemic has ‘crystallized the deep disparities’ in Portland
Carmen Rubio is new to public office as a city commissioner, but she has walked the halls of power for many years. She served in the offices of Multnomah County Commissioner Serena Cruz, Portland Mayor Tom Potter and the late Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish. In 2009, she became the executive director of Latino Network,…
Housing
Opinion | Look to Washington state for ways to fund affordable housing
The crisis of affordable housing can only be met by a well-funded government program to buy, renovate and build excellent public housing. The private sector has not and will not meet our housing needs, and the federal government has spent the past 40 years gutting a public housing program that was never adequate. We need…
Opinion
Opinion | Look to Washington state for ways to fund affordable housing
The crisis of affordable housing can only be met by a well-funded government program to buy, renovate and build excellent public housing. The private sector has not and will not meet our housing needs, and the federal government has spent the past 40 years gutting a public housing program that was never adequate. We need…
Kaia Sand | Vendors needed assistance, and you stepped up — again
This past weekend, we put out a call to build an emergency income fund for the more than 200 active vendors who missed sales during the snowstorm. We aimed for $10,000. You collectively gave more than $37,000. This is how you have responded all year. During the first five months of the pandemic, you contributed…
Podcast
Street Roots Podcast | Rep. Janelle Bynum pushes to change police culture
On the latest espisode of the Street Roots Podcast, Oregon Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-Clackamas) discusses a plethora of House bills on policing that are being considered during the 2021 legislative session. “The bills that kind of get my heart is one regarding a police misconduct database which basically makes sure that the public can see which police officers…
