Vendor Profiles
In Memoriam: Sandra M. Reggans-Hahn, June 3, 1949 – November 28, 2025
Born in Ft. Riley, Kansas, to Rebecca and William Reggans, Sandra Hahn — or Miss Sandra as she is universally known in our office — had been a Street Roots vendor since November 2014. A Portland resident for over 40 years, Miss Sandra was well known for her kindness, her care for others, and her…
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Tear gas deployed by federal agents could cause significant health problems for Portlanders
Editor’s note: This story discusses police violence, including the use of chemical weapons and incidents that resulted in serious injuries. Tear gas has returned to the streets of Portland. Federal agents most recently deployed the chemical irritant in October, outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland’s South Waterfront neighborhood. Their use, against demonstrators…
Over a decade of Portland police accountability reports share a fatal flaw: they arrive far too late to matter
Editor’s note: This story discusses suicide and police violence, including incidents where police officers have killed people. Since 2010, the OIR Group of Los Angeles has been an integral component of the city of Portland’s police accountability system. Composed of nationally recognized experts in criminology, law enforcement practices, police administration and constitutional policing, OIR has…
Mental health struggles surged among youth in the last decade. Together, teens still prevail.
Editor’s note: This story explores mental health and mentions sexual assault and self harm, including suicide. It was his sophomore year of high school, and Jonas Olson was in the hospital a second time for depression. He never dreamed that by junior year he would write about his mental health journey and have a job…
