Poetry & Art
Art exhibit imagines what can replace Oregon’s toppled monuments
In the dead of night on Feb. 22, an anonymous artist (now known to be 60-year-old Todd McGrain) installed an unauthorized statue of York, a Black enslaved member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, atop Mount Tabor. There is no historical record of what York looked like, but the artist portrayed him as a bald…
News
Albanian Roma fight for their rights
The demonstrators had nothing left but anger. They were holding up images of what used to be their homes. Bulldozers caved in the plastic corrugated sheet roofing of their houses and ripped apart their walls as though they had been made of paper. Chairs, curtains, childhood photos and memories were torn away. Amongst the protesters…
Opinion
OPINION | After a sweep, ‘where are we supposed to go?’
Bronwyn Carver is a member of Street Roots’ MoJo program. MoJo is composed of vendors interested in journaling life on the streets and writing about issues important to our community. My campsite and the three neighboring campsites near the Kaiser Permanente campus by Interstate 5 in Portland were posted for a sweep on Sept. 9.…
Editorial | Clean & Safe is a dirty deal
Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty described the rush by some members of Portland’s City Council to sign a new five-year contract with Downtown Portland Clean & Safe as putting “the cart in front of the horse” during the Sept. 23 council meeting. Truthfully, the cart has been dragging the horse behind it for years at this…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Finding his voice
DJ was born in New Jersey but is proud to call Portland home for the past 11 years. “I grew up in New Jersey, and I love where I am from, but I feel better in Portland than I do anywhere else,” DJ said. “Portland is my home.” DJ spends a lot of his time…
