In sports journalism, there are few as legendary as writer and commentator Frank Deford. His transformative and fruitful career has thus far spanned six decades; his stories reaching audiences via radio, television, books, movies and magazines. As GQ simp ...
1 Jan 2015 - Emily Green
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” President Obama added, “But it does not do so on its own. It does so because there are hands of ordinary people doing extraordinary things every single ...
31 Dec 2014 - PSJ Staff Members
It’s been 50 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act into law, and Oregon is coming up short. When compared with bordering states, Oregon is dead last in terms of designated wilderness acreage. Additionally, while many western st ...
31 Dec 2014 - Emily Green
Bob Eckerson Bob was a part of Street Roots for many years. He was a big-hearted guy who always supplied his regular customers with a paper, a laugh and a conversation. A regular vendor at the Sellwood QFC and the Beaverton Farmer’s Market, Bob has left b ...
31 Dec 2014 - Cole Merkel
I remember thinking there is so much in the world that is so dire and about which I can do nothing. In the mid 1980s HIV was one of those dire things and back then nearly always meant death. It was happening here in my city, my community, but unlike many ...
31 Dec 2014 - Kathy Oliver
Allison Strange came to Portland to leave behind the old memories of her son, whom she lost to cancer, and to be with her boyfriend. She came looking for a fresh start in a new place. And that’s exactly what she found at Street Roots. “A better one than I ...
31 Dec 2014 - Sarah Hansell
When you realize the unique scale of not just American poverty, but American inequality in the 21st century, the fact that France doesn’t have it, Germany doesn’t have it, Canada doesn’t, Australia doesn’t. Even England, which is the closest to us in term ...
30 Dec 2014 -
The complaint describes a desperate situation: The institution charged with managing almost all of your financial decisions won’t give you enough of your own money to pay rent. “My rent is $380. So I know I had more monies available,” reads a handwritten ...
30 Dec 2014 - Jake Thomas
Bridget didn’t want to buy syringes at the pharmacy. It was too humiliating an ordeal for the champion gymnast turned heroin addict to go through. Not too long ago she was doing well in high school, never dreaming she would be a junkie within a few years’ ...
29 Dec 2014 - Emily Green
It’s a busy time of year. I’ll be brief. We know readers are very busy before the holidays. Lots to do. As the year winds down and a new year begins, Street Roots and vendors want to thank you for all of your love. Every day we hear story after story of r ...
29 Dec 2014 - Israel Bayer