My heart breaks each time I am listed as the sole “emergency contact” above a blank “next of kin” line on an apartment application. It is sadly not uncommon for people who have been homeless to lack even that basic human need: a reliable person to call wh ...
16 Aug 2014 - Colleen Sinsky
It’s time to embrace the idea of organized camping and the Tiny House Movement in Portland for people experiencing poverty. We are now three decades into to the rise of massive homelessness in the United States. During that time we’ve seen tens of billion ...
16 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer
In this edition, Colleen Sinsky shines a light on an element of homelessness few people outside of the field truly understand. That being homeless often means being alone, in the most extreme sense under the most extreme conditions. It becomes tangible fo ...
18 Aug 2014 - SR editorial board
At last count, the U.S. had more than 500 military bases in other countries. It spends as much on its armed forces as the rest of the world combined. According to author John Michael Greer, that’s because the United States is an empire and its military do ...
19 Aug 2014 - Mike Wold
“ American Winter,” the documentary film about the trauma of modern poverty through the eyes of eight Portland families, has been nominated for an Emmy. The film originally aired on HBO, but it has been shown in theaters across the country and continues t ...
20 Aug 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
Mayra Martinez is never certain that she’ll get to class on time, if at all. Martinez, a 20-year-old Portland State University student, lives on a rural farm near Beaverton with her family, five miles from a TriMet bus stop. Uncomfortable biking or walkin ...
22 Aug 2014 - Alex Zielinski
Jackie Kashian makes no bones about where she stands on people and politics. It’s the backbone of her comedic presence. “I’m an Anarchic Socialist,” she says. “I don’t think anyone would be surprised to find out what my politics are. I am clearly a suppor ...
25 Aug 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
-Number of farmers markets in the Oregon Famers Market Association: 160-Estimated annual amount farmers markets contribute to Oregon’s farm product sales: $50 million-The year the Oregon Farmers Markets Association was established: 1987-Oregon’s ranking in ...
25 Aug 2014 - Street Roots Staff
“Who knew, dude?” exclaims director Kevin Smith, as he talks about the small cameo role he gave himself in his 1994 debut feature “Clerks.” “I had no idea I was punching my ticket for the next 20 years.” Silent Bob, the mute character he is most recognisa ...
26 Aug 2014 - Marissa Burgess
They’re everywhere, but often go unnoticed — the empty lots and vacant buildings that dot many of Portland’s thoroughfares and neighborhoods. Overgrown with innumerable weeds or concealed by a layer of asphalt, they hardly catch the eye. But in a city tha ...
27 Aug 2014 - Emily Green