Tif von Batsy takes up space as a Black cosplayer, subverts cosplaying norms Standing in a blue striped leotard with large ethylene vinyl acetate foam wings protruding from her back and sharp pointy horns sticking up from her head is a female cosplayer wh ...
29 Dec 2021 - Adrian Michael
‘Kipchoge: The Last Milestone,’ documentary details an Olympian's mission to run 26.2 miles in under two hours “ Running is a democratic space. ” So says the greatest male marathon runner of all time. Eliud Kipchoge recently became the first man in ...
15 Sep 2021 - Adrian Lobb
Since ‘Streetwise’ was released almost four decades ago, inequality has only grown larger Andrew Hedden is the associate director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies and a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Washington. June marks t ...
7 Jul 2021 - Andrew Hedden
Street Roots talks with acclaimed documentary director Alan Adelson about his latest film, ‘The People vs. Agent Orange’ A merican chemical companies made an enduring mark on the human species with the creation of Agent Orange. While no longer in use, the ...
16 Jun 2021 - Emily Green
The famous frog, now 65, stars in a new Disney+ show. He credits his friends the Muppets for his enduring success and popularity. The world’s most famous frog celebrated the 65th anniversary of his television debut earlier this year. Time flies when you’r ...
18 Aug 2020 - Aimee Knight
In the newly released Netflix film, 'Da 5 Bloods,' Lee explores elements of US history through the eyes of four Black Vietnam veterans Two Black men killed by the state 250 years apart. March 5, 1770, Boston: Eight British soldiers fire into a g ...
16 Jun 2020 - Steven MacKenzie
On average, the world consumes enough resources for 1.5 planets, and yet few people are aware of how drastic a situation that is People are waking up every morning unaware that the world economy consumes, on average, enough resources for 1.5 planets. That ...
31 Jan 2020 - Maja Ravanska
The Portland comic book author talks to Street Roots about the Timbers, social media, white supremacy and the new ABC adaptation of his private-eye series If you’re not familiar with Greg Rucka’s comic “Stumptown,” you’ve probably seen commercials for the ...
20 Sep 2019 - Jason Cohen
The enigmatic artist and filmmaker has curated a series of events at an English gallery aptly called HOME David Lynch is such an enigma he’s become an adjective. The Urban Dictionary defines “Lynchian” as a “balance between the macabre and the mundane” an ...
26 Jul 2019 - Steven MacKenzie
'Giants' by Luz Carasa, part of if the 'Canopy Stories' anthology, has screenings scheduled in Portland In 2015, the fate of three towering sequoias in Portland’s Eastmoreland neighborhood encapsulated the city’s push-pull between deve ...
28 Jun 2019 - Street Roots