With long waits and exorbitant fees hindering access to public records, accountability should be built into the city charter Portland’s Charter Commission has a lot to consider as it begins its once-a-decade obligation to review our city’s defining docume ...
2 Jun 2021 - SR editorial board
Portland has been a refuge for transgender people fleeing atrocities elsewhere, but we must recognize where we are still failing these members of our community Many transgender people face a difficult choice. The choice is not about which gender to identi ...
19 May 2021 - SR editorial board
The president’s $2 trillion infrastructure package is a solid start to reversing the impacts of Reaganomics H e may have been president in the 1980s, but Ronald Reagan’s legacy has stuck with us going on four decades. It was during his administration that ...
14 Apr 2021 - SR editorial board
Take the Portland Street Response program out of the police union contact In June, amid immense public outcry surrounding the death of George Floyd and other Black Americans who have died at the hands of police, the Street Roots Editorial Board called for ...
17 Mar 2021 - SR editorial board
Scores of COVID-19 deaths in Oregon’s prisons underscore the failures of America’s carceral system E xpendable. The word refers to something that is normally used up or consumed in service, or something that is more easily replaced than rescued, salvaged ...
10 Mar 2021 - SR editorial board
Realtors’ efforts paved the way for the dire lack of housing solutions in Josephine County Grants Pass, the hub of Southern Oregon’s Josephine County, just saw its plan for a short-term homeless shelter collapse under the pressure of community opposition. ...
24 Feb 2021 - SR editorial board
Destructive policy undermines the constructive work being done in Portland "I t always seems impossible until its done,” reads a handmade sign at Hazelnut Grove. A small band of houseless folks built the hillside community in North Portland from the ...
3 Feb 2021 - SR editorial board
Almost two years since Street Roots first proposed it, the program has launched. Now, there’s room for creativity to inform its development. “When stepping into a situation, try to keep an open mind. Ask what they think would resolve the problem the best. ...
13 Jan 2021 - SR editorial board
In 2019, 113 people died homeless in Multnomah County. Now is the time for bold measures. Last year, 113 people died homeless on the streets of Multnomah County. For some who lived so isolated — despite being so exposed — this grim statistic is the only r ...
22 Dec 2020 - SR editorial board
Oregon can be a model for successful drug decriminalization, or it can be used to show why other states shouldn’t do the same W e decriminalized drugs. Let that sink in. Once Measure 110 is implemented, those who use drugs will no longer live in fear of a ...
11 Nov 2020 - SR editorial board