Oregon is covered in racist slurs and iconography, and we are all to blame In Portland and many other cities, we’ve come to a time where it’s becoming commonplace to recognize the Native tribes whose land we stand on and from which we prosper. It demonstr ...
10 Jul 2020 - SR editorial board
Portland should begin the process of transitioning to equitable emergency response and away from an oppressive system of violence that’s proven it’s unsalvageable There’s a reason protests in Minneapolis following the police killing of George Floyd resona ...
5 Jun 2020 - SR editorial board
Street Roots endorses Measure 26-210 Tens of thousands of people are unhoused in this region, and many more are on the brink of homelessness. That was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Record unemployment levels point to drastic increases in severe poverty ah ...
1 May 2020 - SR editorial board
Going beyond triage to long-term solutions, Oregon can look to other jurisdictions that are placing thousands of houseless people indoors amid the pandemic State and local leaders must create a plan to move all unhoused Oregonians into hotels and motels t ...
26 Apr 2020 - SR editorial board