The Commonway Institute director talks about the intersection between homelessness and waste management Shariff Abdullah asked the crowd if they’d ever heard the expression “poor white trash.” Hands raised throughout the hotel ballroom. “What you are tal ...
23 Nov 2018 - Jared Paben
Southern Poverty Law Center’s Lecia Brooks explains how racists have become emboldened Since the presidential election, “In Our America” signs have proliferated in front yards and windows across Portland, spreading messages of love and tolerance to passer ...
9 Jun 2017 - Jared Paben
How it happens, who it harms, and how we can work toward a solution Insufficient income taxes on the rich, cash-starved local governments and opportunistic developers constitute the ingredients for a particularly bitter pill for low-income people: higher ...
27 Apr 2017 - Jared Paben
Teens representing cultures around the world apply to become community youth ambassadors, connecting the city of Portland with its immigrant and refugee communities The day after Donald Trump won the presidential election, 16-year-old Fowzia Ibrahim was r ...
23 Feb 2017 - Jared Paben
'Speculation Nation' screens in Portland At some point on the train trip between Madrid and Pamplona, out in the countryside, Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat spotted something strange in the distance. It looked like a large abandoned city, but the ...
2 Aug 2016 - Jared Paben
Author explains how U.S. can throw away less food, give more to people in need It’s at the intersection of squandered natural resources, wasted money, worsening climate change and persistent social injustice, and it’s sitting in your refrigerator (probabl ...
4 Feb 2016 - Jared Paben
“Know Your Rights: Don’t Get Evicted” aims to deliver important renters’ rights information in a fun and accessible format In the comic, the renters’ attorney asks in court whether the landlord has any documentation proving the tenants are bad and should ...
19 Jun 2015 - Jared Paben
As co-directors transform Basic Rights Oregon, they remain committed to putting LGBTQ issues ‘front and center’ Advocacy group Basic Rights Oregon sees this as a “transformational moment” in the fight for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender a ...
7 May 2015 - Jared Paben
"Hand to Mouth" author Linda Tirado speaks with Street Roots about her own experiences living in poverty In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned to rolling a boulder to the top of a hill, an act that required the greatest exertion, only to ha ...
14 Mar 2015 - Jared Paben
Americans are a competitive lot, and that can have its advantages, but not necessarily when it comes to educating a generation that will need to collaborate in order to solve our intractable problems. That’s the perspective of civil rights attorney and Ha ...
18 Feb 2015 - Jared Paben