Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Staying positive and cracking jokes
Robert Eagan tells “dad jokes.” He likes to put a smile on people’s faces. Or maybe it’s a groan: Where do pirates get their hooks? At the second-hand store. What is a frog’s favorite kind of footwear? Open-toad sandals. The puns come thick and fast when Robert sells Street Roots. He’s been a Street Roots…
Culture
Daren Todd co-opens Portland gallery to foster community among marginalized artists
When Daren Todd opened The Downstairs Gallery in August, he was surviving, accepting opportunities after the coronavirus pandemic took both his bartending gig and his promising music career. Todd felt called to pursue his visual art practice with full force, and the chance to formalize an art gallery from auxiliary space at the downtown Portland studio Yoga on…
News
Daren Todd co-opens Portland gallery to foster community among marginalized artists
When Daren Todd opened The Downstairs Gallery in August, he was surviving, accepting opportunities after the coronavirus pandemic took both his bartending gig and his promising music career. Todd felt called to pursue his visual art practice with full force, and the chance to formalize an art gallery from auxiliary space at the downtown Portland studio Yoga on…
Pandemic presents opportunities for food-waste solutions
Each day, about one pound of food is wasted for every person in the United States. That’s more than 133 billion pounds each year, equaling between 30% and 40% of the nation’s total annual food supply, that goes to waste, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Food is the single largest category of…
Opinion
Opinion | The other pandemic: COVID-19 has elevated mental health concerns
Stress during a pandemic can elicit fear and worry about health, it can disrupt sleep patterns, make concentration difficult, worsen chronic health conditions and mental health conditions, and lead to increased usage of tobacco, alcohol and other substances, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This means utilizing healthy mechanisms to cope with…
Opinion | Charging drivers to use roads can be equitable. Here’s how to guarantee it.
Value pricing, sometimes referred to as congestion pricing, is charging a fee to use a road or parking facility when it is in highest demand to encourage drivers to switch modes of transportation or travel times. A better-managed road means less congestion and fewer emissions, although other benefits, such as reduced asthma rates among children,…
Kaia Sand | 2020 provided clarity. Now we build.
2020. The number is used as cultural shorthand for clear vision — the measurement of visual acuity often achieved through prescription eyewear. Most of us need help to see clearly. It now also represents the year of suffering that continues into 2021. It was a year when 350,000 people died in the United States from…
Housing
This app pays young people without housing to build life skills
When Tailon Penn first heard about an app that would pay her to build life skills, she figured it wasn’t legit. But it was. The app, DreamKit, provides unstably housed youths in Connecticut digital activities that help build life skills, then rewards them with gift cards after each activity is complete. Penn, a 21-year-old based…
