Opinion
Opinion | Providing healing for survivors of gun violence is crucial
When you’ve been shot, and you’re lying in a hospital bed, everything comes at you at once. Pain fires through your body. Your mind races, overwhelmed and confused. Medical staff and law enforcement buzz around you with questions, wanting answers that can’t wait. A periodic column from Partnership for Safety and Justice, a nonprofit that…
Kaia Sand | Orion Magazine publishes five Street Roots poets
Grab a copy of Orion, a national magazine of nature and culture, this month to read five Street Roots poets — Bronwyn Carver, Daniel Cox, Randy Humphreys, George McCarthy and Michone Nettles. Here is an excerpt: Not long before I met him, Daniel was living homeless near where the Portland Timbers play soccer, but for…
Poetry & Art
Kaia Sand | Orion Magazine publishes five Street Roots poets
Grab a copy of Orion, a national magazine of nature and culture, this month to read five Street Roots poets — Bronwyn Carver, Daniel Cox, Randy Humphreys, George McCarthy and Michone Nettles. Here is an excerpt: Not long before I met him, Daniel was living homeless near where the Portland Timbers play soccer, but for…
The Milagro Theatre enters its 40th season
“Hope, Courage & Resilience” is the theme as Teatro Milagro, or Milagro Theatre, heads into its monumental 40th season, kicking off nine months of productions and community events. Founded by José González and Dañel Malán in 1985, Milagro is a revered Latino theater believed to be the only Latino theater in the Pacific Northwest, with…
Culture
Viewing the past, present and future of Black-owned Portland businesses through film
The lobby at Portland's Hollywood Theatre was packed before doors opened the evening of Sept. 1. A crowd of 325 ticket holders plus guests gathered to celebrate Black Friday — an evening centered around two films highlighting local Black entrepreneurs of the past, present and future. Local arts curator Zoe Piliafas produced the event, which…
News
Viewing the past, present and future of Black-owned Portland businesses through film
The lobby at Portland's Hollywood Theatre was packed before doors opened the evening of Sept. 1. A crowd of 325 ticket holders plus guests gathered to celebrate Black Friday — an evening centered around two films highlighting local Black entrepreneurs of the past, present and future. Local arts curator Zoe Piliafas produced the event, which…
US Forest Service illegally removed protections in PNW forests
The U.S. Forest Service illegally repealed protections for old growth trees in six national forests in central and Eastern Oregon and southeastern Washington by skirting the process for environmental review and public objection, a federal judge ruled Aug. 31. U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary James Hubbard, a Trump administration appointee, unilaterally reversed a decades-old rule…
The Milagro Theatre enters its 40th season
“Hope, Courage & Resilience” is the theme as Teatro Milagro, or Milagro Theatre, heads into its monumental 40th season, kicking off nine months of productions and community events. Founded by José González and Dañel Malán in 1985, Milagro is a revered Latino theater believed to be the only Latino theater in the Pacific Northwest, with…
Portland auditor investigating Zenith Energy for lobbying violations
The Portland City Auditor’s Office is investigating Zenith Energy for potential violations of the city lobbying code, according to Louise Hansen, an elections officer in the auditor’s office. Confirmation of the investigation comes just three weeks after Street Roots reported Zenith Energy and its PR firm, Pac/West Communications, spent months courting Portland city officials, their…
Environment
Portland auditor investigating Zenith Energy for lobbying violations
The Portland City Auditor’s Office is investigating Zenith Energy for potential violations of the city lobbying code, according to Louise Hansen, an elections officer in the auditor’s office. Confirmation of the investigation comes just three weeks after Street Roots reported Zenith Energy and its PR firm, Pac/West Communications, spent months courting Portland city officials, their…
