The relief that we feel at this moment must be tempered by the realization that the hard work starts now As I write this, the presidential election has just been called. I believe the president-elect is striking the right tone in reminding us that 70 mill ...
18 Nov 2020 - Brian Greer
COMMENTARY | Delaying acknowledgement of the monthlong celebration and giving priority to the nation's founders, the White House has once again demonstrated its disregard for Native people Since 1990, Native American Heritage Month (or a similar vari ...
22 Nov 2019 - Jacqueline Keeler and Desiree Kane
DIRECTOR’S DESK | The Council of Economic Advisers is wrong to recommend a police response When Trump dog-whistles, the hounds of hate come bounding. That’s why Street Roots convened a group of partners on Sept. 25 to draw the line clearly: Donald Trump’s ...
27 Sep 2019 - Kaia Sand
DIRECTOR’S DESK | Our president, who deplores the visibility of homelessness, doesn't understand the federal government’s role in the housing crisis On Monday, Trump free-associated about homelessness with Fox News’ right-wing provocateur Tucker Carl ...
3 Jul 2019 - Kaia Sand
You can’t dismiss President Trump's anti-press rhetoric as simply hyperbole Remember when the phrase “alternative facts” was laughably absurd? It was the term coined by a White House spokesperson a few days after the Trump administration took office ...
16 Aug 2018 - SR editorial board
COMMENTARY | The stigmatizing language undermines real talk about mental health; Trump's problem is bad judgment For quite a while, pundits, journalists, political scientists and many others have exclaimed President Donald Trump is mentally ill. They ...
13 Oct 2017 - Meredith Mathis and Jason Renaud
Don’t drop out during challenging times. Plug into your community. Not that we should have to be reminded, but the year is 2017. And we have a racist in the White House. This past week’s immersion course into latent and overt racism has left most American ...
18 Aug 2017 - SR editorial board
COMMENTARY | Refugees and immigrants are not a threat to America; we make it great My dear newborn twins, You were born just 76 days after the swearing in of the 45th president of the United States. Your daddy came to Portland with $10 and a plastic bag u ...
16 May 2017 - Som Subedi
COMMENTARY | There are many reasons to dismiss a declaration of crisis Be afraid, very afraid. There is good reason to fear that President Trump and the Republican Party are out to destroy our Social Security system. Social Security is an incredibly popu ...
17 Apr 2017 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | Andy Ko, director of Partnership for Safety and Justice, aims to apply a philosophy of his work to the presidential election “People are more than the worst thing they have done or the worst thing that has been done to them.” We say that qui ...
16 Feb 2017 - Andy Ko