It’s unclear how many fires classified as ‘homeless related’ actually involve homeless Portlanders Darrell Pattum wasn’t there when an arsonist burned down his camp in 2019, but his neighbors said a man walked out of a nearby business and threatened them ...
9 Nov 2022 - Aurora Biggers and Henry Brannan
Street Roots spoke to more than 12 unhoused Portlanders living along roads and freeways included in Mayor Ted Wheeler’s Feb. 4 emergency order banning encampments in high-traffic corridors. Of the few who had heard of the order, none were clear on if they ...
23 Feb 2022 - Henry Brannan
Community leaders and health officials point to distrust, an incompetent early pandemic response and the predictable results of longstanding systemic inequities Black and Indigenous Oregonians have been infected, hospitalized and killed by COVID-19 at rat ...
26 Jan 2022 - Henry Brannan
Nearly two years into the pandemic, county and state officials are still scrambling to keep up Appointments for COVID-19 tests and vaccines are increasingly difficult to find in Portland amid the omicron variant’s arrival in Oregon and a long-anticipated ...
12 Jan 2022 - Henry Brannan
Salem man held in jail despite no criminal charges is clear violation of civil rights, attorneys say A 27-year-old Salem man with a developmental disability and mental illness has been held in the Marion County Jail for more than two months with no crimin ...
18 Aug 2021 - Henry Brannan
Advocates say jail is dangerous for people with mental illness, but the state psychiatric hospital cites red tape and a limited number of beds Despite court orders, 16 people found guilty except for insanity in Oregon are being held in jail rather than tr ...
21 Jul 2021 - Henry Brannan
PDX Houseless Radicals Collective has made the isolated park home base in its fight to address houseless issues What can houseless people do to fight back and better their own lives? Because no one else is going to do it for us.” Those were the words that ...
14 Jul 2021 - Henry Brannan
PART III: In Philadelphia and across the nation, activists have won big using militant tactics Protest signs remain outside the Red House on Mississippi Avenue in North Portland on Jan. 9, 2021. Photos by Henry Brannan About this series As the current hou ...
24 Feb 2021 - Henry Brannan
PART II: Organizers of a motel occupation in Tacoma, Washington, were influenced by similar actions in Portland and other cities across the U.S. Protest signs remain outside the Red House on Mississippi Avenue in North Portland on Jan. 9, 2021. Photos by ...
3 Feb 2021 - Henry Brannan
The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association and Rep. Nosse ask officials for an end to camp sweeps and more legal camping options. The request comes after Sunnyside School Park was swept despite community support. Jan. 29: The end of this story has been update ...
26 Jan 2021 - Henry Brannan