These Indigenous-owned Oregon small businesses can use our support As businesses shutter and unemployment surges in response to the coronavirus pandemic, businesses owned by people of color are at risk of permanent closure. BIPOC (black, Indigenous and pe ...
16 May 2020 - Celeste Noche
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
Raven has used her skills as a medic in the Navy to build a medical program for Portland's unhoused community, and she coordinates three new camps Raven Drake is busy. Like all of us, she is adjusting to a changed life in the face of a global pandemi ...
10 May 2020 - Jessica Hamilton
My NeighbOR connects foster families with goods and services donated by their neighbors Brandon and Kellie Smith weren’t looking to become foster parents, but the foster care system came to them. In 2015, there was a child in need, and the Smiths answered ...
9 May 2020 - Libby Dowsett
The governor's stay-home order has resulted in more connections with prospective foster families, says the director of Every Child The number of families inquiring about becoming foster parents or adopting through the state is soaring during this pan ...
9 May 2020 - Libby Dowsett
DIRECTOR’S DESK | There are some things we all can do to stay focused on everybody’s public health The disconcerting phone calls started coming in this week. Antsy to open up businesses, people were once again complaining about all the tents. My response ...
8 May 2020 - Kaia Sand
It’s time to rethink eviction policies in America, the “Evicted” author tells Street Roots Following the widespread shutdowns caused by the coronavirus, the national conversation around eviction has changed. Nearly 50 million Americans rent their home, an ...
8 May 2020 - Anna Pedersen
COMMENTARY | If we don’t do enough now, today’s youth will struggle with housing insecurity in older age We are in a period of incredibly rapid change and ambiguity, and there is a growing recognition that many of the changes experienced in the past month ...
6 May 2020 - Marisa Espinoza
The government's response to COVID-19 could give Americans a taste of ‘socialized medicine' and lift critics' fears, says Stephanie Nakajima of Healthcare-NOW For all the tragedy wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, Stephanie Nakajima wishe ...
5 May 2020 - Tom Henderson