Smile and the whole world smiles with you! Give it a try, starting with your neighborhood vendor who is always happy to see you. The new paper comes out tomorrow, but sadly it’s not as funny as the April Fools edition. In fact, our cover story is deadly serious. Here’s a sneak peak:
Sending out an S.O.S. – Street Roots reports on a month long spat of disturbing violent crimes on homeless women and sex workers downtown. It comes at a time when funding for many of the services working with women on the streets is on the chopping blocks. Rebecca Robinson reports.
Walking on an incline: Street Roots has a sobering conversation with Pietro Ferrari with Hacienda CDC, a supportive housing group working with minorities in North and Northeast Portland. The interview is part of a three part series where Street Roots looks at organizations working to preserve affordable housing for folks of color throughout the region. Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl reports.
Numbers rising: Despite a 10-year plan to end homelessness, the regions homeless population is on the rise. Mara Grunbaum reports.
How hungry are you? We talk food and what hunger means in the modern age with Joel Berg, the former USDA point man on gleaning and food security under the Clinton and Bush Administration. Fascinating read. Mara Grunbaum reports.
Read of all of these stories and much more, including poems from survivors of domestic violence and many letters to editor responding to the April Fools edition.