Nearing retirement, Marlon Crump reflects on nearly 13 years as a vendor To everyone who supported me and Street Roots over the years, making it a social capital engine, I love you very much. This is why the following is the most difficult article I' ...
29 May 2024 - Marlon Crump
Opinion | Oregon labor sees at least eleven union wins, eight new campaigns or election filings and five labor actions Labor activity in Oregon picked up in May with eight more union wins and one more new campaign than in May. The state did see a decline ...
29 May 2024 - Aurora Biggers
Born out of a need to communicate across difference and build community, Street Roots civic circles engage Portlanders in dialogue For a few months now, Street Roots vendors Sonya Aho, Robin “Shaggy” Douglas, George McCarthy, Craig Preston and Robert Wate ...
29 May 2024 - Thijs Kleinpaste
Director’s Desk | Nearly a fifth of PSU students experienced homelessness in the past year, report shows A shelter for homeless Portland State University students has been closed for almost a year for a reason far too common within responses to homelessne ...
22 May 2024 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | New Burnside Street building grand opening is Aug. 1 James Duby rolled up to the Street Roots building on Northwest Third Avenue and Burnside Street and pressed the wheelchair access button. The copper-colored doors slowly opened. James ...
15 May 2024 - Kaia Sand
Oregon labor sees at least 3 union wins, 7 new campaigns or election filings and 6 labor actions Oregon had a slow month for labor in April, seeing fewer wins and new campaigns but more labor actions than in March. The usual industries — health care and e ...
8 May 2024 - Aurora Biggers
Director’s Desk | Proposed city budget maintains PSR’s $7.4 million funding, moves it under new Public Safety Division M ayor Ted Wheeler proposed to stabilize Portland Street Response’s future by designating ongoing city funds and relocating it under the ...
8 May 2024 - Kaia Sand
Taking a tip from the labor movement, tenants challenged their property manager with collective action Southeast Portland apartment complex tenants decided to form a tenant union after months of fighting what they described as unaddressed maintenance issu ...
8 May 2024 - Aurora Biggers
Street Smart Economics | AI chatbots have more problems than proponents let on Artificial Intelligence, or AI, chatbots seem to be everywhere. Companies use them to handle customer questions. Newsrooms and magazines use them to write stories. Film studios ...
8 May 2024 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Opinion | The street paper movement bends toward democracy For Street Roots reporter Jeremiah Hayden to cover in person what is likely the most significant U.S. Supreme Court case impacting people experiencing homelessness in decades, Street Roots had to ...
1 May 2024 - Kaia Sand