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Supreme Court agrees to hear homelessness case
In a decision expected to have far-reaching consequences for homelessness policy in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Jan.12 to review a lower court ruling barring criminal and civil penalties for public sleeping when someone lacks an alternative. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a permanent injunction in Grants Pass v.…
Turning Green Into Gold: Urban Alchemy and local service providers
Two local outreach workers sat in a van parked outside Southeast Portland's Reedway Safe Rest Village, or SRV, on a cold December afternoon. They were there to meet with a village resident they’d met with many times before. The resident was expecting them. This is part 3 in a series covering the San Francisco nonprofit…
Opinion
Kaia Sand | Building on history
Street Roots vendors who stop at the office for a cup of coffee and to read the newspaper before they hit the streets will soon be supported by chairs from the Central Library, restored by the Groundscore waste pickers and recyclers. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views.…
Opinion | I had a dream MLK visited Portland
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King made a rare appearance this week at Portland State University to deliver a speech he dubbed “A Forgotten Conscious: Portland & The Road to Perish,” where he tackled some of the city and nation’s biggest issues including police, homelessness and affordability. Upon reaching the stage, the renowned organizer was…
