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Time to step out of the sidewalk quagmire

A bill that would essentially revive Portland’s sit-lie law died in an Oregon Senate committee last week. That’s good news for people experiencing homelessness and free speech advocates around the state. In Portland, it’s far more complex. The Portland Bu ...

7 Jun 2013 - SR editorial board
Criminalizing the homeless costs us all

Criminalizing the homeless costs us all By Paul Boden, Contributing Writer The Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) and the USA-Canada Alliance of Inhabitants (USACAI) are calling on our members and allies throughout the United States and Canada to jo ...

1 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
The quality of whose life? The zero-sum game. Part II

The quality of whose life? The zero-sum game. Part II A panhandler on Powell Street in San Francisco. Photo by BrokenSphere/Wikimedia Commons The second in a four-part series on the country’s modern anti-poor movement By Paul Boden, Contributing Writer Wh ...

17 Dec 2010 - Street Roots
The quality of whose life?

The quality of whose life? The first in a four-part series on the country’s modern anti-poor movement by Paul Boden, Contributing Writer One more stark reminder of the disconnect between our ideals and public policy is to look at the declining stocks of o ...

7 Dec 2010 - Street Roots
Without rights, without housing

Without rights, without housing (July 14) Paul Boden connects the New Deal with today's current climate on the streets. In 1933, when more than a million Americans were homeless, President Roosevelt's New Deal made their economic and social well ...

14 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
We're waiting.

We're waiting. Street Roots editorial, June 27. After more than three weeks of protests by individuals experiencing homelessness, countless actions (including actions by Street Roots and Sisters Of The Road), weekly testimonials from individuals in f ...

27 Jun 2008 - Street Roots