Art was a Street Roots vendor, columnist, mentor, program manager and years-long supporter. His impact and legacy are felt throughout Street Roots. Art Garcia, a cornerstone of Street Roots for nearly two decades, passed away Dec. 11 at the age of 73. Art ...
12 Jan 2022 - Joanne Zuhl
Background checks, more federal action needed It’s the text no parent wants to see from their child during school: “Mom, I love you, just in case.” The message reach Hilary Uhlig’s phone while her child was lockdown after a threat to the school. “My kids ...
4 Aug 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
Joanne Zuhl is stepping down after 18 years: ‘I am thankful that I was part of this team’ After more than 18 years with Street Roots, I’m leaving my role as executive editor with the newspaper that accepted me as a volunteer so many years ago. My departur ...
28 Jul 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
These groups are working to create safe and accessible spaces for people of color May 30 to June 5 is Black Birders Week, aimed at increasing recognition of Black birders, the racism they experience and the importance of diversity in outdoor activities. T ...
26 May 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
Biden includes more than $1 billion over 10 years to fund non-police crisis response in his American Rescue Plan In the year since Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) first introduced the CAHOOTS Act, much has changed to suggest that this nationwide incentive for n ...
5 May 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
A bill in the Oregon Legislature calls for counting how many people die homeless, with a housing status of 'domicile unknown' Nearly a decade after Multnomah County launched Oregon’s first and only effort to count homeless deaths, state lawmaker ...
7 Apr 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
Many people experiencing homelessness are older than 55 and have underlying illnesses At a time when health care providers are accelerating mass vaccinations to get the COVID-19 vaccines into as many arms as possible, others are concerned that approach wo ...
20 Jan 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
FROM THE EDITOR | To tell this story, Street Roots’ Emily Green immersed herself in the world of an ex-prisoner In 2019, more than 600,000 men and women were released from prisons across the United States. William “Billy” Baggett was one of them. Like mos ...
9 Dec 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
As sit-down feasts are substituted with takeout boxes, many of Portland’s unhoused residents will be denied an important holiday tradition: human connection From birthdays to graduations and even to break-ups, every major event has been squeezed into the ...
25 Nov 2020 - Emma Nathanson and Joanne Zuhl
The Housing First pioneer explains why the policy of housing a person before attempting to fix their underlying issues works best In the late 1980s and early ’90s, on both ends of the country, the concept of Housing First was born. In 1988, a Los Angeles ...
11 Nov 2020 - Joanne Zuhl