BOOK REVIEW | “Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream” by Aaron Glantz What’s your favorite token in Monopoly: the ...
8 Nov 2019 - Helen Hill
Street Roots vendors share their experiences with aging while unhoused The streets are getting grayer. The proportion of elderly people experiencing poverty and homelessness has risen by more than 20% in the past 15 years, according to the U.S. Department ...
1 Nov 2019 - Helen Hill
The Palestinian refugee and journalist is coming to Portland to tell the stories of youths detained in Israeli prisons According to UNICEF, Israel is the only country in the world to establish a juvenile military court. Each year, approximately 500 to 700 ...
25 Oct 2019 - Helen Hill
Several Street Roots vendors explain how their faith informs their decisions, their relationships, their outlook and more Many Street Roots vendors described their personal faith as the most important consideration in their lives, more important even than ...
27 Sep 2019 - Helen Hill
The program has served its final free meal, and its 38-year run has come to an end – for now A dozen busy cooks clang pots and pans together in the vast basement kitchen of a regal stone church. There’s a bowl the size of a bass drum filled with pasta and ...
20 Sep 2019 - Helen Hill
With its rampant conflicts of interest, the immigration court system is not consistent with American democracy, says Judge Ashley Tabaddor, president of the judges’ union Americans have been inundated with images and stories of migrant children separated ...
6 Sep 2019 - Helen Hill
Tammy and Emily plan to get married as soon as they have a home Trauma, romance and heartbreak. The past five years have been a roller coaster ride for Tammy Naylor and Emily Gray. “We know what hopeless feels like,” Tammy said. “We know sorrow. Sorrow is ...
23 Aug 2019 - Helen Hill
After a stroke and an amputation, Jennifer has learned how to manage life with a disability Jennifer was born in Perth Amboy, N.J. “I had a good growing up,” she said. “I was daddy’s little girl. We fished together, and worked on cars.” Jennifer came to ...
23 Aug 2019 - Helen Hill
Street Roots vendors discuss how they manage the summer weather and the toll it takes August is typically the hottest month of the year in Portland, with temperatures often soaring into the upper 80s and 90s. The downtown core is especially vulnerable, wi ...
16 Aug 2019 - Helen Hill
Workers collect and sort recyclables and trash that would otherwise be left on the ground or shipped to landfills The sun beats down on Audrey McCall Beach directly south of the Hawthorne Bridge, steps from the Eastbank Esplanade. Families cool off in the ...
2 Aug 2019 - Helen Hill