Housing
Portland’s new shelter referral system becoming less effective with time
Crystal Kelly has lived in a tent near a bus station in Old Town for months. Homeless for a few years now, she’s been trying, as she puts it, “to get clean, to stay out of prison.” “Campsite removals” — the city’s preferred term for sweeps displacing homeless Portlanders and removing their property — are…
Opinion
Kaia Sand | ‘Creative, Scrappy Cooking’: A Street Roots tribute to Katherine Deumling (1973-2022)
One time it was biscuits and gravy, and another, crepes and Greek yogurt. Along the way, Katherine Deumling developed a signature Street Roots breakfast: vegetable frittata, pumpkin bread and fruit. “My list of requests from vendors of dishes they’d like me to make is a mile long, and I so enjoy our rousing discussions about…
