It’s been about a collective group of people all moving in the same direction with an idea that no matter what obstacles we faced, we would do the work to give people opportunities and create some social change along the way. As many of you know my time a ...
16 Nov 2017 - Israel Bayer
COMMENTARY | The 1997 ballot measure to unseal original birth certificates wasn’t about exposing birth parents’ secrets; it was about rewriting an archaic statute from an era when illegitimate births were shameful Twenty years ago, a rag tag team of polit ...
17 Nov 2017 - Helen Hill
Two experts speak with Street Roots about the effort to create a space where people can safely use illicit drugs under the supervision of medical professionals A campaign to open a safe consumption space in Portland has officially launched, with members m ...
17 Nov 2017 - Emily Green
Bassist Lucas Warford discusses music and the Portland trio’s latest trip to Russia It is difficult to do justice to the band of eclectic misfits that make up Three for Silver. A full-time trio (and sometime big band) of gypsy jazz mercenaries and multi- ...
17 Nov 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Twan, who likes to be ‘guided and inspired,’ got into the newspaper business when he was 13 Each person who walks through the doors of 211 NW Davis St. and becomes a part of the Street Roots family brings a distinct set of skills, talents, philosophies an ...
17 Nov 2017 - Helen Hill
Sheeptoast Portland native Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY Editorial Cartoons Print ...
17 Nov 2017 - Elizabeth Considine
COMMENTARY | They've been enormously enriched for decades while taxes on the 1 percent have fallen Street Smart Economics is a periodic series written by professors emeriti in economics for Street Roots. Weather forecasters are predicting another col ...
17 Nov 2017 - Mary King
Politicians say thinning forests will help prevent ‘catastrophic’ fires. But ecologists say this season wasn’t the worst, and logging won’t stop it from happening again. Attorney Brenna Bell keeps a worn Trivial Pursuit card on her desk at Bark’s headquar ...
17 Nov 2017 - Emily Green
Sheeptoast Portland native Elizabeth Considine is the creator of Street Roots' editorial cartoon, Sheeptoast. Want to see more Sheeptoast cartoons? VIEW OUR GALLERY Editorial Cartoons Print ...
23 Nov 2017 - Elizabeth Considine
Silent auction of portraits to benefit organizations working with undocumented immigrants Heldáy de la Cruz came to the U.S. from Jalisco, Mexico, when he was just 2 years old. He learned English at the age of 5. It wasn’t until he was 15 when his undocum ...
24 Nov 2017 - Sarah Hansell