In June, the Legislature relaxed some barriers to operating shelters. More bills addressing homelessness could be on the agenda if another special session is called. Life on the street offers few advantages, but Armando Saldivar said one of them is living ...
8 Jul 2020 - Tom Henderson
The pandemic has illuminated long-standing inequities in the American health care system, and it will take a nation to fix them Structural racism in the U.S. seeps into many aspects of Black Americans’ lives. As we’re witnessing with the coronavirus pande ...
7 Jul 2020 - Rupal Ramesh Shah
‘Giving people a smile in the morning is a great way to start your day,’ Sarge says Tired of living on the East Coast, Eric “Sarge” Wilson came to Portland five years ago. He’s lived in Portland on and off during that time, trying out other places in Wash ...
6 Jul 2020 - Jessica Hamilton
A CROOKED PATH FORWARD | We must take action to save LGBTQ+ lives I was 38 years old the first time I lived with a gay man. We were roommates in treatment. A counselor had taken me aside and asked if I was OK sharing a room with him. He was originally as ...
5 Jul 2020 - Dustin Dandliker
Lil’ Sambo’s Family Restaurant on Highway 101 is named after an old children’s book with racist illustrations. Now the owner faces pressure to change the name. For over 60 years, Lil’ Sambo’s Family Restaurant in Lincoln City has been a self-proclaimed “c ...
5 Jul 2020 - Jessica Pollard
The names serve as a reminder of the state’s colonial history while also providing clues to early Black presence Editor’s note: This story contains racist epithets that some readers may find triggering. Watering down the toxicity of these words in the con ...
4 Jul 2020 - Donovan M. Smith
The Amazon-owned company does not live up to its core values. We are ‘essential workers’ only because we are essential to Jeff Bezos' bottom line. For anyone paying attention, especially during these unprecedented times, you have seen Whole Foods and ...
3 Jul 2020 - Alli
OPINION | Street Roots has joined others in asking the state to retroactively apply the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling Mike was finishing up paperwork behind the desk in the vendor office to pay vendors on the action team for outreach to camps deliverin ...
3 Jul 2020 - Kaia Sand
Portland activists push for greater inclusion of Black trans and queer voices in the movement In June 1969, police clashed with Black transgender women and other LGBTQ+ groups during the Stonewall uprising, galvanizing generations of activists and inspiri ...
2 Jul 2020 - Hanna Merzbach
The city's Healthy Business permit was intended to prioritize minority-owned restaurants and bars during COVID-19, but gentrification has made that difficult With a temporary permit from the city, more than 200 restaurants and bars in Portland are ex ...
1 Jul 2020 - Henry Latourett...