Opinion
Opinion | Attacks continue, but social security is strong
President Joe Biden has been praised for his State of the Union defense of Social Security. While he correctly called out Republicans for their machinations, it was not so long ago that Democratic Party leaders — for example, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — appeared willing to support plans for weakening the program. Moreover, as…
Opinion | Hope is stillborn in tent city
In January 2017, a woman lost and alone in a Portland snowstorm suffered through the agony of labor by herself. Without a home, without shelter, she gave birth in the freezing cold. The baby was stillborn. We live in an awful time. Not only because we fear rampant disease and social violence but also because…
Kaia Sand | Street Roots celebrates expansion
Street Roots celebrated the launch of construction with a groundbreaking that resembled a flash mob and festive parade. On Thursday, March 16, Street Roots vendors, staff and board members gathered with the project team and supporters on the northeast corner of West Burnside Street and Third Avenue. O’Neill Construction, general contractor for the project, had…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | ‘Writing for me is like breathing’
Street Roots vendor, writer and poet Bronwyn Carver and Street Roots are a great match for one another. She started with Street Roots four years ago, and since then, she has fully embraced all that Street Roots has to offer, including as a program participant for Street Root’s School of Mobile Journalism and Communication program,…
Culture
New children’s book celebrates Indigenous hair and heritage
For many Indigenous cultures, hair is much more than decoration or adornment — it is a scrapbook of memories. A new children’s book from bestselling Anishinaabe/Métis author Carole Lindstrom and Grande Ronde artist Steph Littlebird called “My Powerful Hair” is a “celebration of hair and its significance across Indigenous cultures.” “My Powerful Hair” discusses the…
