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 state’s guidelines for a crisis such as COVID-19 lack a commitment not to withhold care from people with disabilities, according to a federal complaint Oregon’s crisis health care guidelines leave room for discrimination against people with disabiliti ...
14 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
Dennis Parker at National Center for Law and Economic Justice tells Street Roots how the pandemic is highlighting existing inequities — and what can be done about it For the second time in less than two decades, the United States is facing a devastating e ...
14 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
The candidates answer Street Roots' questions about how they'd approach the job as the county's top prosecutor Street Roots interviewed the candidates for Multnomah County District Attorney with a focus on how the office policies and proced ...
2 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green
Endorsed by the incumbent, Ethan Knight has put prosecuting right-wing extremists at the forefront of his campaign Ethan Knight is running against Mike Schmidt for Multnomah County district attorney. Street Roots interviewed both candidates with a fo ...
2 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green
Mike Schmidt wants to progressively reform the District Attorney’s Office, using data and research as his guide Mike Schmidt is running against Ethan Knight for Multnomah County district attorney. Street Roots interviewed both candidates with a focus on ...
2 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green
When coronavirus hit, homeless students lost their safe haven: school Butte Falls is written in fine print on the Jackson County map, about 30 miles uphill northeast of Medford. It’s a small community of about 450 people, one gas station, one grocery stor ...
14 Apr 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
The Multnomah County commissioner is concerned about how pandemic-related stress is affecting medically vulnerable people and health care workers Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran remembers serving on the front lines of a pandemic, working as a ...
25 Mar 2020 - Joanne Zuhl