Extra! Extra! The cool breezes call for a cup of joe and a seat outside of your favorite café with your favorite newspaper. The new Street Roots comes out tomorrow morning and your friendly neighborhood vendor will be standing sentry with all this in his ...
9 Jul 2009 - Street Roots
The Perfect storm: Northwest Oregon’s Section 8 disaster is being repeated across the country From the June 26, edition of Street Roots It has been called a perfect storm. A rare convergence of forces that, on their own, could possibly be withstood, but i ...
8 Jul 2009 - Street Roots
HUD responds to letter writing campaign Street Roots has been following nearly 300 families that are being terminated from Section 8 because of to a numbers game between the Northwest Oregon Housing Authority (NOHA) and the Housing and Urban Development ( ...
29 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Your summer reading plan gets a little more fun tomorrow morning with the new edition of Street Roots. Your neighborhood vendor can’t wait to deliver the word. Here’s a peak at what’s inside: The perfect storm: A follow-up on the story we br ...
25 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
The Letter [caption id="attachment_1687" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Jennifer Cherry stands in the doorway of her home, holding the cancellation letter from the housing authority. Photo by Ken Hawkins"] ...
12 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Homeless by bureaucracy A Street Roots Editorial Take a good look at these faces. They reflect the faces of today’s homeless population – right before they become homeless. They are not the faces of people who are lazy, addicted or chose the streets. They ...
12 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
The check is no longer in the mail Instead, 285 Section 8 recipients in Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties got an eye-opening letter from the Northwest Oregon Housing Authority, or NOHA. The letters informed the tenants that as of July 1, they would ...
4 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Street Roots wins honors from Society of Professional Journalists Street Roots writers Mara Grunbaum, Tye Doudy and Joanne Zuhl took home honors from the Oregon and Southwest Washington Society of Professional Journalists May 30. The event honors journal ...
1 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Miracle theater takes community on a cultural journey '!Viva Pancho Villa!" shouts Pedro Gonzalez, relating the story of the Mexican Revolution to his son Albert Alcazar. Photo by Russel Young From the May 15 Street Roots. Fifteen years ago, wh ...
27 May 2009 - Street Roots
Immigrant workers face extremes of economic crisis Published in the May 1 edition of Street Roots Growing up in the riverfront manufacturing town of St. Helens, Yesenia Sanchez knew only a handful of other Latino families. Born in Oregon to Mexican immigr ...
13 May 2009 - Street Roots