Measure 86 would create funds for Oregonians pursuing post-secondary educations. It would also allow the state to borrow money for a scholarship fund for Oregonians pursuing college or career training. This measure is an essential step in maintaining a he ...
23 Oct 2014 - SR editorial board
Charles McGee III and I sit outside a coffee shop one late afternoon, but we are far from alone. We are interrupted multiple times by passersby who know him and can’t help but say hello. He greets each one like an old friend. “And how’s your mother doing? ...
22 Oct 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
It’s warm on this summer day in the Southeast Portland art gallery, but local artist Robert Collins stands unfazed — decked out in a slate blue three-piece suit complete with matching fedora. The sun streams through two walls of windows and lands on the o ...
22 Oct 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Oregon has a history of ingenuity and innovation. We have worked hard to come together and build communities and public systems — roads, schools, cities and towns — that sustain us. Yet, that central lesson of coming together is often forgotten. Let’s rem ...
20 Oct 2014 - Omar Carrillo T...
After being in and out of homelessness since age 26, Justin Harris finally had some steady housing in Portland through Transition Projects. But when his brother Bryan left their hometown in the Yakima Valley to join him, he moved back to the streets. “I w ...
20 Oct 2014 - Sarah Hansell
-Number of sites in Oregon approved as petroleum-contaminated soil landfills: 16-Number of contaminants found in fish eaten by tribal members in the Columbia River watershed: 92-Number of dams in Oregon: 26-Number of Multnomah County dams classified as a “ ...
19 Oct 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Portland is such a musical town. It makes sense that the first time I met Beth Harrington, it was at a women’s music night at a mutual friend’s home. I remember she wanted to play “Dancing Barefoot” by Patti Smith. Immediately, I was smitten. It wasn’t un ...
16 Oct 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
This fall, Oregon voters could make the state the third in the country to legalize marijuana for recreational use. However, what that might mean for Oregonians depends on where they fall on the economic spectrum. If Oregon voters approve Measure 91, which ...
14 Oct 2014 - Jake Thomas
Richard Harris spent much of his working life with people addicted to various substances, and he knows about drugs and what they can do to people. So when Harris came out in support of Measure 91, which would legalize recreational marijuana use if approve ...
14 Oct 2014 - Jake Thomas
When the dust settles following any significant change in my life — a new job, a new home, a birth, a death — my mind starts asking me questions. I blame my father for this. They are mostly his questions. My mind sometimes even poses them with his slight ...
10 Oct 2014 - Andy Ko