The vets came to town: An immersion into the anti-war movement at the Veterans for Peace National Conference By Martha Gies, Contributing Writer There was not much promise in the week beginning August 1. On Tuesday, following the Congressional battle over ...
30 Aug 2011 - Street Roots
Mark Hatfield's 1989 speech resonates in Pioneer Courthouse Square By Terris Harned Contributing Writer A crowd of approximately 40 people showed up at Pioneer Square today to listen to a recitation of a speech delivered by former Oregon senator, Mar ...
2 Aug 2011 - Street Roots
Every time we say goodbye, or what I've learned about relocation [caption id="attachment_4375" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A lodger caught in the closure of the Royal Hotel"] [/caption] by Martha G ...
26 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Shake off that turkey stupor Friday morning with a brisk walk to your local neighborhood Street Roots vendor and pick up a copy of the city’s best independent newspaper. Here’s what’s on the press right now: Case unclosed: Amanda Waldroupe r ...
24 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Times up at the West with less than a month left to find housing [caption id="attachment_4329" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="West Hotel on NW 6th between Davis and Couch"] [/caption] By Amanda Waldroupe, St ...
17 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Bugged out: Rags or riches, bedbugs don't discriminate by Martha Gies, Contributing Writer Once, somewhere west of Havana, on a visit to a tobacco cooperative in the Piñar del Rio countryside, the friend sharing my rustic cabin flipped a scorpion ont ...
7 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Posted Jan. 22, 2009 So much news, so little time! But it only takes a minute to trade a buck for the finest collection of news and information assembled on 16 pages. Here’s what you’ll find in the new edition of Street Roots, available from ...
22 Jan 2009 - Street Roots
Finally, Some Good News Posted Nov. 3, 2008 By Martha Gies Contributing Columnist It’s easy to be bummed out by the media. To begin with, the news is bad: the Orwellian war is endless, racial hatred poisons a presidential campaign, and runaway capitalism ...
3 Nov 2008 - Street Roots