Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | ‘Camaraderie is mutually beneficial’
Josaiah “Cloud” Naylor has been selling Street Roots on and off for 15 years. “It’s my favorite newspaper, of course,” Cloud said. “I recently submitted my first two poems. I was encouraged by other vendors.” When he’s not selling newspapers, artistic pursuits occupy much of Cloud’s time. His grandmother was a puppeteer, and his mother…
News
Shelter project gets unfriendly reception in small towns
Organizers at the Church at the Park in Salem want to build a shelter 15 miles west of the Willamette River in the rural Polk County town of Dallas. And why not? It's a good Christian community of 17,000 people. Just ask one of them. They may tell you about the Weekday School of the Bible.…
Portland’s decades-old zoning policies stall project at historically Black church
The future backyard of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church looks more like its neighboring Khunamokwst Park than its current application as an unused parking lot, but a city process stands as a bureaucratic barrier to the church realizing its vision. Completed blueprints detail a vision for a vibrant community space, teeming with greenery and space…
Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day throughout Oregon
Tribal nations, Native students and community groups held celebrations across Oregon and Turtle Island to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day on Oct. 9. First officially recognized by the state of Oregon in 2021, the day serves as a celebration of centuries of resilience, resistance and cultural preservation. Portland State University College campuses across Oregon played host…
Opinion
Opinion | Green capitalism is not a solution — don’t buy it
We are running out of time to avoid climate disaster. As signatories to the 2015 Paris Agreement, more than 190 governments have pledged to keep the increase in average global temperatures to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and ideally to an increase of only 1.5°C. The stakes are high: failure means a very high…
Kaia Sand | NYC needs to hold onto the right to shelter
You may have caught headlines that New York City’s right-to-shelter policy is under threat. If it’s worth fighting for in New York, you might wonder, why aren’t we fighting for the same right here? I’ll try to disentangle what are distinctly different paths. Four decades of right-to-shelter in NYC New York City’s right-to-shelter policy is…
