‘Everyone should have an equal chance at being successful in this life.’ Street Roots recently spent some time with the Portland Trail Blazers, asking players what they would say to people struggling with poverty and why people should care about those in ...
19 Dec 2013 - Israel Bayer
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You’re life will take a turn for the better as soon as you stop insisting that Nikki Minaj lyrics are advice. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Move over Hazelnut! Oregon has a new state nut and it’s you, Capricorn. But don’t fight ...
17 Dec 2013 - Soup Can Sam
Letter to OTCTCA pledges short term at Hoyt site Mayor Charlie Hales has sent a letter to the The Old Town Chinatown Community Association outlining his intentions with the future of Right 2 Dream Too, after proposing in a media blitz a 15-month deal for ...
11 Dec 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
The trash-master himself chats up the season before his one-man Christmas show in Portland Whatever you know about John Waters, what you might not expect is that he is one of the funniest people to have a conversation with. He is open, honest, compassiona ...
5 Dec 2013 - Suzanne Zalokar
New low-power FM stations will soon become part of Portland’s media landscape, representing a different set of voices from commercial and public radio. Among the applicants are student-run radio stations from Portland State University and Reed College. Th ...
4 Dec 2013 - Devan Schwartz
In August, Ramona and I drove to Salem to meet Regis, a fluffy little puppy whose picture we’d spied on a rescue society’s website. He would be the yin to our Newfoundland-mix Vera’s yang, when we brought her near-toxic level cuteness home eight years ago ...
4 Dec 2013 - Melissa Favara
From the streets to the stage, Sean Aaron Bowers grows up with poetry Poet Sean Aaron Bowers, 33, known to many as Johnny No Bueno, writes with the grittiest of voices. Reading his poetry is like jumping into the moshpit at a punk rock show. The brash lan ...
4 Dec 2013 - Claire Valentin...
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Words of wisdom from a Street Roots vendor: “It ain’t the spot it’s the repertoire, most of the time. You can have the worst spot and still do good.” Be polite this holiday season and good things will come to you. Capricorn ( ...
3 Dec 2013 - Soup Can Sam
For two years, an OSU team has tracked the STEM interests and activities of 16 Parkrose fifth-graders Nobody’s quite sure why, but toward the end of middle school students lose interest in science and math. Researchers at one Portland school want to learn ...
2 Dec 2013 - Nathan Gilles
Last June, the Legislature passed House Bill 3194, a public safety reform package that made some changes to Oregon’s criminal justice system. The goal of the bill was to reduce the size and cost of the state prison system and invest some of the money save ...
2 Dec 2013 - Shannon Wight