Street Roots endorses Measure 26-201, which would benefit the environment, as well as poor and diverse communities When the air is thick with the smoke from forest fires, it is people on the streets who have to breathe that air day and night. They are the ...
14 Sep 2018 - SR editorial board
Criminalization is not, and never has been, the answer to a health crisis This week, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein penned an opinion piece in the New York Times in response to the momentum building around safe injection sites for intravenous ...
31 Aug 2018 - SR editorial board
You can’t dismiss President Trump's anti-press rhetoric as simply hyperbole Remember when the phrase “alternative facts” was laughably absurd? It was the term coined by a White House spokesperson a few days after the Trump administration took office ...
16 Aug 2018 - SR editorial board
Portland has a need for authentic immigration reform and justice It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. If ever there was a time to aspire to that philosophy, it is now. On Saturday, the so-called Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer moveme ...
3 Aug 2018 - SR editorial board
Now is the time to speak out to our representatives and tell them “never again.” It has been an emotional, gut-wrenching few weeks. The images and sounds of young children screaming and crying for their mothers and fathers has pushed many of us to the lim ...
22 Jun 2018 - SR editorial board
Americans shouldn't be kept in the dark about the human toll extracted by our immigration policies It is outrageous that we have to declare in print that children should not be traumatized and discarded for political gain. But this abuse is exactly w ...
8 Jun 2018 - SR editorial board
Having a support network is key to people feeling stable and capable. Segregating Portland's homeless population would undermine that. It’s hard to fault politicians for trying to solve two problems with one plan, especially when the problems have be ...
6 Apr 2018 - SR editorial board
We’re seeing an invigorating brand of youth activism, and it should inspire us On Wednesday, March 14, tens of thousands of students across Oregon and the nation walked out of their schools to say “enough.” Enough with gun laws that ignore the scores of d ...
16 Mar 2018 - SR editorial board
For every dollar spent on health care, there are immeasurable savings down the line First do no harm. That’s a centuries-old tenet when it comes to health care. It’s worth keeping in mind when it comes to Measure 101, which asks voters to ensure coverage ...
5 Jan 2018 - SR editorial board
The homeless crisis requires more than an emergency response; we need long-term strategies It comes as no surprise that the Portland City Council is poised to extend the state of emergency to address homelessness. There is little on the ground that has ch ...
29 Sep 2017 - SR editorial board