Housing
Details on Portland’s mass camp plans emerge from failed negotiation
After weeks of negotiations, Marcus Lampros rejected the city’s offer. The city of Portland wanted to rent the local steel company owner’s property for a new mass homeless camp, but Lampros was concerned about the logistics and safety of what the city was planning. According to a letter of intent, or LOI, obtained by Street…
Opinion
Opinion | How to offer help without being a jerk
It snowed in Portland. A lot. Like a historic amount. And, of course, because our social safety net resembles a threadbare produce bag, a lot of folks are quite literally left in the cold. There are warming shelters open, but unlike those of us who are Extremely Online, people just trying to get by may…
Kaia Sand | You stepped up, ‘Supportland’ style
“This snow pay is so generous and awesome," Dumpsta D, Street Roots vendor, said. "We really do love our customers for stepping up to the plate in true ‘Supportland’ style. It reminds us we matter and are seen. Y’all rule." Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. Last…
Opinion | Say ‘no’ to pre-review of body-worn camera footage
In February, the Oregonian editorial board noted, rightly, that the police officers who beat Tyre Nichols to death were dismissed and charged only because there is video evidence of the incident. The board also noted this degree of accountability would not have happened in Portland because Portland Police Bureau, or PPB, officers do not use…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Contagious jokes and a kind spirit
DJ Husar is a writer and activist. But in the Street Roots offices, he’s best known as a comedian. He will never fail to put a smile on your face, whether it be with his jokes or his contagious, kind spirit. DJ was born and raised in New Jersey, where he attended Montclair State University…
Environment
Lithium mine near Oregon border threatens sacred cultural sites
The electric car is here to save the environment — unless the environment in question is atop or around precious minerals like lithium needed in car batteries. A federal appeals court greenlit a Canadian mining company’s massive open-pit lithium mine near the Oregon border in Nevada on March 1, dealing the latest blow to Native…
