Street Roots asked Portland’s 2016 mayoral candidates 13 questions Patty Burkett is running for Portland mayor. Burkett is a “consummate self-indulgent student of multiple disciplines,” according to her filing of candidacy. Here are her responses to Stree ...
10 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Street Roots asked Portland’s 2016 mayoral candidates 13 questions Jules Bailey is a Multnomah County commissioner and a former state representative. He earned dual master’s degrees in public policy and economics and in urban and regional planning. He is ...
10 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Where do they stand on funding public services? What will they do for small businesses? How often do they smoke pot? And more. Street Roots asked Portland’s 2016 mayoral candidates 13 questions — a mix of short answer, yes or no, and multiple choice. The ...
10 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Portland’s Tamara Rubin, founder of Lead Safe America Foundation, hopes to educate more families with her new film, 'MisLEAD' Five years ago, Tamara Rubin founded Lead Safe America Foundation, a nonprofit organization that offers education, supp ...
9 Apr 2016 - Suzanne Zalokar
In the wake of recent gun violence, it's time we stop pointing fingers and start working together The gun violence that occurred on the streets last week was a tragic affair. A homeless man was shot March 31 near a preschool in Southeast Portland, pr ...
8 Apr 2016 - Israel Bayer
With its $1,000 admission price, exclusionary Meet the Heat event promotes narrow agenda, protesters say Attendees to a fundraiser at the Portland Police Training Center in Northeast Portland the morning of Friday, April 1, were greeted by a group of prot ...
8 Apr 2016 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Letter to the editor by Martha Gies Thanks Emily Green and Street Roots for a well-researched cover story about Measure 11 and its terrible impact on kids of color. Measure 11 gives the prosecution a claw hammer with which to bludgeon young defendants, by ...
7 Apr 2016 - Street Roots