After a successful run first as an intern and then Street Roots Zuhl Fellow, Hayden joins Street Roots staff I couldn’t be happier to join the Street Roots editorial team as a staff reporter after serving as an intern this summer and then the Zuhl Fellow ...
27 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Opinion | An eventful 2023 for Street Roots gives way to a historic 2024 This has been a year of creating a strong foundation for Street Roots as it enters its 25th year. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her view ...
27 Dec 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | A record 315 unhoused Multnomah County residents died in 2022, according to annual death count released by the county, Street Roots advocacy At least 315 people who were unhoused died before their time in Multnomah County in 2022. Their early de ...
20 Dec 2023 - Kaia Sand
COP 28, as the prior 27, failed to accomplish the most important goals Two weeks of intense negotiations in the United Arab Emirates resulted in progress and frustration. This is what 195 countries finally agreed to at COP 28: “We call on countries to con ...
20 Dec 2023 - Robin Hahnel
Street Smart Economics | The scales of justice are weighted against workers According to a recent Gallup poll, 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, the highest approval rating since 1965. And worker organizing has led to unionization of stores at a n ...
20 Dec 2023 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Opinion | Street Roots is a collective effort of many moving parts. Such an effort could not exist without all its supports. “I sing, trailers for sale or rent / Rooms to let, 50 cents / No phone, no pool, no pets / I ain't got no cigarettes / Ah, bu ...
13 Dec 2023 - Kaia Sand
Street Smart Economics | Multnomah County’s Preschool for All, funded by a small tax on the top 5% of Multnomah County, is outperforming expectations. However, wealthy local residents have their sights set on dismantling the program. Portland’s wealthy el ...
6 Dec 2023 - Mary King
Opinion | Drug users in Vancouver, British Columbia reverse overdoses through jobs paid by the regional health authority “We’re good at saving lives,” the man told me. This is a series of columns that explores bettering public-health responses to our over ...
6 Dec 2023 - Kaia Sand
Oregon labor sees at least 7 union wins, 19 new campaigns or election filings and 11 labor actions Oregon saw at least seven union election wins, 19 new campaigns or workplaces filed for elections and 11 labor actions in November. The seven election wins ...
6 Dec 2023 - Aurora Biggers
Donating to Street Roots through Dec. 5 means your dollar goes twice as far Good journalism is often expensive and difficult to fund. NewsMatch, a collaborative fundraising program for Institute for Nonprofit News members like Street Roots, seeks to bridg ...
29 Nov 2023 - K. Rambo