The state’s guidelines for a crisis such as COVID-19 lack a commitment not to withhold care from people with disabilities, according to a federal complaint Oregon’s crisis health care guidelines leave room for discrimination against people with disabiliti ...
14 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
Dennis Parker at National Center for Law and Economic Justice tells Street Roots how the pandemic is highlighting existing inequities — and what can be done about it For the second time in less than two decades, the United States is facing a devastating e ...
14 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
The candidates answer Street Roots' questions about how they'd approach the job as the county's top prosecutor Street Roots interviewed the candidates for Multnomah County District Attorney with a focus on how the office policies and proced ...
2 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green
Endorsed by the incumbent, Ethan Knight has put prosecuting right-wing extremists at the forefront of his campaign Ethan Knight is running against Mike Schmidt for Multnomah County district attorney. Street Roots interviewed both candidates with a fo ...
2 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green
Mike Schmidt wants to progressively reform the District Attorney’s Office, using data and research as his guide Mike Schmidt is running against Ethan Knight for Multnomah County district attorney. Street Roots interviewed both candidates with a focus on ...
2 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green
When coronavirus hit, homeless students lost their safe haven: school Butte Falls is written in fine print on the Jackson County map, about 30 miles uphill northeast of Medford. It’s a small community of about 450 people, one gas station, one grocery stor ...
14 Apr 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
The Multnomah County commissioner is concerned about how pandemic-related stress is affecting medically vulnerable people and health care workers Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran remembers serving on the front lines of a pandemic, working as a ...
25 Mar 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
$4.5 million in damages sought over ‘truly shocking’ conditions at what amounts to an abandoned building in downtown Portland Mark Allison and his wife moved into the Stewart Hotel about six years ago. It’s not a choice most people would have made, but th ...
14 Feb 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
‘These are kids that have been failed by every single system,’ says a Bend Republican who supports the $2.5 million plan One dollar and 14 cents. That’s the number Rep. Cheri Helt (R-Bend) wanted people to remember at the close of the initial hearing on ...
7 Feb 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
Displacement, school changes, racism and mental illness are among the risk factors plaguing today’s youths. The Next Generation, a new Street Roots series, explores issues like these and opportunities to respond. The Next Generation, a Street Roots series ...
31 Jan 2020 - Joanne Zuhl