The Nation’s Greg Kaufmann dispels the myths about poverty in America and the politics behind it According to the last census, there were 46 million Americans living in poverty — more than the entire population of California. But despite the large mass of ...
3 Jun 2013 - Jake Thomas
Central City Concern staffers design a new bed bug-resistant bed with nationwide appeal By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Richard Klosterman had heard about them. The lady across the hallway from his apartment had them. And then he had them. Several years ago, ...
22 May 2013 - Jake Thomas
The federal sequester chops $13 million from Oregon’s social-service network, leaving housing and homeless programs bracing to absorb the hit By Jake Thomas and Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writers By now, every American is probably familiar with the term and conce ...
6 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Raymond Thornton turns 48 this month, but there was a time he wasn’t sure he’d see another birthday. He spent three years on the streets, battling alcohol and substance addictions before he arrived at the Clark Center in 2011. ...
18 Mar 2013 - Jake Thomas
The new documentary by filmmakers Joe and Harry Gantz explores the lives of Oregonians struggling to survive poverty By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer The Great Recession began nearly five years ago. Since then, economists and the media have produced a string ...
14 Mar 2013 - Jake Thomas
Street Roots conducted a 24-hour Twitter project reporting around the clock on homelessness in our town. Here are the stories we heard. This report is drawn from the Twitter feeds of Alex Zielinski, Jake Thomas, Joanne Zuhl, Robert Britt, Erin Fenner, Sue ...
31 Dec 2012 - Street Roots Staff
Kathleen Saadat reflects on her career as the city’s equity chief and the solutions yet within our reach By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer On Dec. 10, Kathleen Saadat accepted the Lifetime Achievement from the Portland Human Rights Commission. The award comes ...
30 Dec 2012 - Street Roots Staff
Oregon’s affordable housing on the edge of the fiscal cliff By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Sequestration. It sounds like an invasive medical procedure. In a way it is, and it’s about to be performed on the entire country unless Congress acts fast. In Portla ...
30 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
Defending Rachel Corrie: Her parents keep marching on by Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Olympia, Wash. is an “All-American City,” according to the sign that greets visitors. It’s also the hometown of Rachel Corrie, who has had a street named after her in Iran ...
16 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
Ellen Rosenblum and the new DOJ By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Ellen Rosenblum had some high-profile shoes to fill when she was sworn in as Oregon’s first female attorney general earlier this summer. She completes the term of John Kroger, the Enron-trial he ...
30 Aug 2012 - Street Roots