Got $5? SNAP recipients can catch discounted shows
The starving artist is cliche. So is choosing between supporting the arts and paying your bills. The broad art world still has a reputation for being elitist and exclusionary. While plenty of the Portland area’s creative organizations are committed to making their programming culturally inclusive for current audiences, many still wind up priced out of…
Word is Bond helps young Black Portlanders define their futures
In the summer of 2020, Ristom Habtemariam, a 23-year-old from Portland, was looking for work to keep him busy during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. An old friend and recent participant in Word is Bond, a Portland-based nonprofit focused on uplifting young Black men in the area, recommended the program to Habtemariam. “It’s different…
Rescinding ‘Roadless Rule’ threatens Oregon’s public lands
Cascade Lakes, Lost Lake by Mt. Hood, Larch Mountain in the Columbia River Gorge, Joseph Creek and Oregon Dunes on the coast — these are among the places protected from road building, logging and mining by the Roadless Rule. Established 25 years ago on the final day of the Clinton administration, the 2001 Roadless Area…
Vendor Profiles
Vendor Profile | Rooted in Portland
Matt is a longtime Street Roots vendor who recently returned to Portland after spending some time away from the city. When asked how long Matt has been with Street Roots, he laughs and answers “So long.” For several years, you could find Matt at Southwest 5th Avenue and Yamhill Street, near the Pioneer Place mall…
Opinion
Joining a union changed my relationship to work and my disability
Despite working in the labor movement for several years now, I only recently became a union member through my current job. Since I was a teenager, I have worked countless jobs where being unionized would have immeasurably improved my conditions; unions are an essential protection for workers in any industry. As a kid, I watched…
