Street Roots has worked to prioritize the voices of immigrants and refugees, the poor, critical thinkers, policymakers and truth-tellers. We will continue to do so. The November election brought big wins for housing across the country. There were 34 ballo ...
16 Nov 2016 - Israel Bayer
Imagine you’re a single parent in Portland. You’re stringing together paychecks to keep up with your exorbitant rent in the apartment complex on the edge of town, the only one you can afford. Despite your best efforts to save money, you’re vulnerable to a ...
29 Apr 2016 - Nick Sauvie, Maxine Fitzpatrick, Eli Spevak
Your support of Street Roots matters! Thank you. Wow! What a spring for Street Roots! Newspapers are flying. Our advocacy is in overdrive. The Rose City Resource Guide is saving lives. We know readers care about helping people. Street Roots believes in ...
22 Apr 2016 - Israel Bayer
Commentary: The holidays can be a daunting time because of heightened emotions and expectations It’s difficult these days to go to a store, watch TV, or sift through email without being reminded that the holiday season is here. For many people, this time ...
7 Dec 2015 - Kerry Naughton
Commentary: Kick Ass Oregon History writes on Houdini and Portland Around 1920, the United States experienced a wave of “spiritualism.” This interest seems to hit our society in spurts over the decades, coming in and out of vogue. But looking at the early ...
7 Dec 2015 - Doug Kenck-Crispin
Commentary: Oregon nonprofits and businesses currently utilize this statute to pay thousands of individuals a subminimum wage I’m here to sound an alarm. The minimum wage is not, it turns out, actually the minimum wage. You may not know this, but there’s ...
7 Dec 2015 - Stephen Marc Beaudoin
Street Roots is a small train that carries a heavy load The holidays are upon us. We want to wish everyone at Street Roots a very happy holiday! This year has been a big one at Street Roots. This time last year we were gearing up to go from a biweekly pub ...
7 Dec 2015 - Israel Bayer
Street Roots was glad to hear that Mayor Charlie Hales declared a state of emergency on housing and homelessness in our community this week. The question now becomes: Does the mayor and other elected officials have the capacity and political will to seize ...
24 Sep 2015 - SR editorial board
Portland has left us with an amazing and troubled legacy I had the pleasure of being asked to read a short eulogy, along with other longtime Portlanders, this past week at a funeral for Old Portland. The funeral was held to pay respects to a Portland th ...
20 Aug 2015 - Israel Bayer
Portland is losing large healthy trees to development and street “improvements.” It needn’t and shouldn’t. Here’s what to do about it. In East Moreland neighborhood, residents organize to save three massive sequoia trees after a developer secured a permit ...
30 Jul 2015 - Jim Labbe