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A pictorial on immigrant farmworkers housing in rural Oregon

Oregon is a bountiful state. We produce 220 crops and livestock commodities, a greater variety than any state except Florida and California. The value of these crops and commodities totaled more than $5 billion in 2011, a record high. As consumers, we can ...

5 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Housing a logical prescription in health care reform

Oregon is at the forefront of health care reform. Both national and local media, including Street Roots, has been covering the planned changes over the past two years. More recently, a multi-million dollar ad campaign has begun to educate residents on wha ...

30 Jul 2013 - SR editorial board
Hot for pot

If marijuana has a chance of becoming legal in Oregon, Roy Kaufmann is the man to see it through It’s going to happen. Marijuana’s legalization is inevitable. But inevitable does not have a time line, as Oregon voters demonstrated in 2012 when they turned ...

29 Aug 2013 - Jake Thomas
Group calls for investigation of patient dumping from Nevada psychiatric hospital

The Mental Health Association of Portland is asking Oregon's Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to inquire into a Nevada state psychiatric hospital that has been accused of dumping patient's in surrounding states. Below is the letter written to th ...

16 Sep 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Oregon state taxes: What’s fair, what’s not

There is one thing everyone in Oregon agrees on: the state tax system is a mess and something needs to be done. And that is where agreement ends. Everyone has a different solution, and nobody likes anyone else’s. Why are taxes so controversial? Every on ...

14 Jan 2014 - Robin Hahnel
For the record Feb 28-March 13, 2014

• Percentage of low-income Oregon families who pay more than half their income on housing: 80 • Percentage of Oregon children living in poverty in 2011: 25 • School children in Oregon who were homeless in 2013: 20,000 • Hours per week a worker earning min ...

1 Mar 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Oregon’s other gay record: a recent history of anti-gay ballot initiatives from around the state

Oregon has seen an estimated 35 anti-gay ballot measures in recent history, and those keeping count say that’s likely more than any other state in the country. Oregon is now staring down No. 36. The Friends of Religious Freedom has filed for yet another a ...

6 May 2014 - George T. Nicola
The making of Whitelandia: Portland filmmakers take a critical look at the city's history of racism and resilience

Over the course of their careers Portland filmmakers Matt Zodrow and Tracy MacDonald have travelled the country learning the histories and stories of Americans, but for their latest project, Whitelandia, the Emmy-award winning husband and wife team have t ...

8 May 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
For the Record: May 23-June 5, 2014

-Number of children in 2012 who were uninsured in Oregon: 8,389-Number of children who were in poverty in 2012 in Oregon: 36,441-Percent of children in Multnomah County child welfare custody who are Native American: 21-High school graduation rate for Nativ ...

28 May 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Community development’s golden rule: Come together

Oregon has a history of ingenuity and innovation. We have worked hard to come together and build communities and public systems — roads, schools, cities and towns — that sustain us. Yet, that central lesson of coming together is often forgotten. Let’s rem ...

20 Oct 2014 - Omar Carrillo T...