Under an overpass near Bertha Boulevard is a small village of youths, who are grateful for the help they're receiving from their neighbors S outhwest Bertha Boulevard is busy. It zips through the center of Southwest Portland, connecting major streets ...
9 Jun 2021 - Emma Nathanson
‘I like it inside, and I’m so warm. I was cold out in the tent.’ This is the second installment in a series following Street Roots vendors Max McEntire and Deanna Handley as they seek stability and a place to call home. The first told the story of how Dea ...
28 Apr 2021 - Emma Nathanson
Connect with communities doing climate justice work In 1969, Earth Day sprung from the growing collective of student groups who were clamoring for public consciousness on deteriorating air and water quality in the United States. Now, more than a half-cent ...
14 Apr 2021 - Emma Nathanson
Even as schools shut their doors during the pandemic, Portland youths have continued their push for social justice When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, then-14-year-old Violeta Mata was nervous about the future of the country. While she’d alwa ...
7 Apr 2021 - Emma Nathanson
‘The whole objective the whole time was to get her off the sidewalk,’ says her husband, Max This periodic column follows Street Roots vendors Max McEntire and Deanna Handley as they seek stability and a place to call home. The following essay is in the wo ...
10 Feb 2021 - Emma Nathanson
Even as Impact NW ramps up rent relief and other assistance to keep people housed, the debt for past-due rent continues to accumulate Prior to the pandemic, Deedra Martin was on a tight schedule. After she dropped off her 7-year-old daughter, Ellie, at Ma ...
30 Dec 2020 - Emma Nathanson
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