Chris Hardwick is the quintessential nerd — with benefits. He is also a stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, podcaster, television host and voice actor. Though he lives in Los Angeles now, he claims roots in Louisville, Ky. Kids of the ' ...
19 Jun 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Jacqueline Jones teaches at the University of Texas and has been awarded a MacArthur “genius” fellowship and other prizes. She’s an intellectual heavyweight, who specializes in African-American history, particularly as it relates to labor. I suspect that ...
18 Jun 2014 - Jim Douglas
Ron Bryant started selling Street Roots in April to work towards his long-term goal of a steady job and a home of his own where his three children can live with him. “My main motivation is my children,” he said. “Always has been, always will be.” Since he ...
18 Jun 2014 - Sarah Hansell
We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” the Declaration of Independence tells us. T ...
18 Jun 2014 - Claire Valentin...
Central City Concern’s Health Services Advisory Council gives consumers the opportunity to express their and peers opinions on how the Old Town Clinic operates, and empowers members to have a voice in the community. Toward this endeavor, I had the opportu ...
17 Jun 2014 - Samm McCrary
Willamette Week’s May 7 piece on juvenile justice in Oregon, “ Spare the Jail, Spoil the Child,” demanded a reaction. As the title suggests, the article posited that Multnomah County in particular, and Oregon in general, need to use more jail beds to addr ...
17 Jun 2014 - Shannon Wight
In this month of Gay Pride, we have seen real progress that all of us can celebrate. State by state, the scales of discrimination against gay men and lesbians are falling away. In May, a federal judge struck down Oregon’s ban on marriage for same-sex coup ...
15 Jun 2014 - SR editorial board
As of this writing, today, May 10, is Mother’s Day in Mexico and Central America. I am standing on a small piece of land outside the Detention Center of ICE in Tacoma, Wash. We are here to remember the mothers who are incarcerated in this special jail bui ...
14 Jun 2014 - Pat Rumer
Number of groups that marched in the 2013 Portland Pride parade: 130 Number of years the Portland Pride NW parade has been held: 43 Number of riders in the 2013 Portland World Naked Bike Ride: 8,150 Average weekday bicycle trips across the Hawthorne Bridg ...
13 Jun 2014 - Street Roots Staff
The world is a complicated place. Of course, you don’t need me to tell you that. On my way home from work this week I stopped and talked to an elderly woman sleeping on the streets in Old Town. “Besides my aching back all I really need is a long, hot bath ...
5 Jun 2014 - Israel Bayer