STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Efforts to confront racism should extend to the fight for climate justice Outrage over the recent police killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd has sparked ever larger street protests with participants demandin ...
30 Jun 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
The front group took out a full-page ad in The Oregonian, asking the governor to approve the controversial natural gas terminal in southwestern Oregon A pro-pipeline lobbying group calling itself Western States and Tribal Nations is spreading a message th ...
30 Jun 2020 - B. Toastie
Recently married, Max hopes to secure housing and a brighter future You might recognize Max McEntire as the friendly Street Roots vendor who sold papers at Northwest 11th Avenue and Couch Street in front of Powell’s City of Books. Max has been with Street ...
29 Jun 2020 - Robin Havenick
Public-sector Metro workers call out systemic racism and demand employees of color be treated fairly To confront what it describes as unjust labor practices and the inequitable history of the Oregon Convention Center, the union representing Metro regional ...
28 Jun 2020 - Jessica Pollard
FINDING FRINGE | One person’s refugee status is another’s loyalty to employers, state and country “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-to ...
27 Jun 2020 - Paul K. Haeder
Check back for updates on the status of these important pieces of legislation The Oregon Legislature adjourned its special session late Friday, June 26. Bills specifically addressing homelessness — an issue Speaker of the House Tina Kotek wanted to decla ...
26 Jun 2020 - Tom Henderson
Vulnerable Oregonians take center stage during Legislature's emergency session, likely to extend into next week He went to the hospital in Corvallis with pneumonia, but the physician who saw him thought the 64-year-old quadriplegic man with developme ...
26 Jun 2020 - Tom Henderson
Already deprived of in-person visits during the pandemic, prisoners and the people they talk to on the outside now face new fees and are subject to data collection After months without personal contact with their families and lawyers, prisoners are strugg ...
25 Jun 2020 - Chris May
Some commit to staying inside until there’s a coronavirus vaccine, and some look to help In 1996, Portlander James Cox was teetering on the edge of death with his second terminal AIDS diagnosis. Healthy individuals usually have a T cell count of 500 to 1, ...
24 Jun 2020 - Jessica Pollard
COMMENTARY | You can help get the UP NOW campaign on the November ballot Educators — from early childhood to college faculty — and economists support free, universally available, high-quality, play-based preschool for every child whose family wishes to en ...
23 Jun 2020 - Suzanne Cohen and Angie Garcia and Mary King