Housing
Polk County residents were wary of new shelters in their towns. Their concerns never materialized.
All hell broke loose in Polk County three years ago. “The homeless” were coming — no doubt bringing drugs, crime, insanity and general unsightliness to the rural county some 60 miles south of Portland. Organizers of Salem’s nonprofit Church at the Park were looking at opening shelters in both Dallas and Monmouth. Cue the clutching…
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Polk County residents were wary of new shelters in their towns. Their concerns never materialized.
All hell broke loose in Polk County three years ago. “The homeless” were coming — no doubt bringing drugs, crime, insanity and general unsightliness to the rural county some 60 miles south of Portland. Organizers of Salem’s nonprofit Church at the Park were looking at opening shelters in both Dallas and Monmouth. Cue the clutching…
Portland nurses say ICE agents interfere with patient care
Nurses at Legacy Emanuel hospital began noticing something disturbing last fall. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents brought in injured detainees, and often got in the way of patient care. Since then, a pattern has emerged, according to nurses who spoke to Street Roots. Hospital administrators are allowing agents to interfere in ways that violate…
Oregon’s medical interpreters say middlemen pocket public dollars for their high-stakes work
When a family visited a Portland hospital for a fifth time to help their developmentally disabled son, Juan Pablo Loyola saw their desperation when no one understood them. He also saw a disconnect. Loyola, a medical interpreter who goes by “JP,” recalled working through “layers of misunderstanding” between the Spanish-speaking family and the doctors. Eventually,…
