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Oregon Historical Society multimedia exhibition shares stories of refugees

‘I Lived to Tell the World’ displays photographs and videos detailing people’s experiences, as well as artifacts from their lives with hand-written descriptions Saron Khut remembers the five years in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge before his family escape ...

26 Jun 2024 - Ellen Clarke
Multnomah County unanimously passes Gaza ceasefire resolution

After contentious public testimony, the board passed a resolution tailored for consensus The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted in favor of a resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza on March 7. Demonstrators gathered outside the Mu ...

6 Mar 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Street Roots’ Pouncey speaks with Sen. Wyden about Griner, WNBA in PDX

The WNBA postseason is currently in effect, and the Phoenix Mercury were quickly eliminated, losing both its first-round games in a best-of-three series against the Las Vegas Aces, who’ve now advanced to the semifinal round. It seems easy to imagine the M ...

26 Aug 2022 - DeVon Pouncey
Threats of heat waves, wildfires and smoke loom over Oregon’s summer

After a wet spring, Portland is drought-free, but that’s not the case for the rest of the state Portland is emerging from one of the wettest springs on record and heading into summer drought-free, but Oregonians outside of the Willamette Valley aren’t fee ...

29 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Heat Week is coming to Portland

One year removed from the deadly 'heat dome,' Portlanders will gather to mourn those who died — and call for better outcomes in the future Portland’s first “ Heat Week ” began during the last week of June to commemorate the 69 lives lost last su ...

24 Jun 2022 - Christine Menges
OPINION | Demining in Bosnia and Herzegovina needs continued investment

With added threat of climate change and natural disasters action is needed to demine the region Once known as the land which hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics — and historically renowned for its beautiful terrain, clear emerald lakes and diverse multi-ethni ...

23 Dec 2021 - Arian Berberović
Her cry from inside the occupation: Janna Jihad is a voice for Palestinian children

The 13-year-old Palestinian journalist and activist sits down with Street Roots to share her perspective on what’s happening to children in the West Bank Sounds of explosives reverberate in the background of the video posted to Facebook on April 20, 2018. ...

9 Aug 2019 - Emily Green
Like NAFTA, USMCA trade deal is about corporate globalization

COMMENTARY | Beware of biased methodology and bogus assumptions about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Now that President Donald Trump has backed off his threat to impose tariffs on all imports from Mexico, serious talks have begun in Washington, D.C., on ...

21 Jun 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...
The Davos-annoying, billionaire-baiting, tax-loving Rutger Bregman

The best-selling author talks about Tucker Carlson, socialism and his cause célèbre: universal basic income “We gotta be talking about taxes. Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bullshit in my opinion.” It was with this outburst, delivered at the annual ...

12 Apr 2019 - Sam Delaney
The enemy is us: Veteran Dan Shea pushes for peace with Venezuela

The Veterans for Peace activist, who recently met President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, cautions against U.S. military intervention Dan Shea joined Veterans for Peace after he returned from the Vietnam War feeling like he had invaded a country that wante ...

29 Mar 2019 - Stephen Quirke