Opinion | Street Roots’ West Burnside building, currently under construction, will be a space for civic engagement “For those who can’t afford free speech.” That’s been the Street Roots tagline since the first issue was published in December 1999 — a tip ...
14 Jun 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Just like everyone else, unhoused individuals are trying to fulfill their basic human needs, but they are often out of reach. Food, water, respite and a restroom. Why make it harder? Imagine you have to carry everything you own — bedding, the fo ...
8 Jun 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Human connection, despite housing status, makes us stronger “When I moved to Portland, I didn’t know anyone,” Stacey Heath, Street Roots board chair, told me. Then she met Bruce Heino. It was 2009. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street R ...
31 May 2023 - Kaia Sand
Street Smart Economics | While Democratic and Republican lawmakers squabble over the debt ceiling, they can always agree on one thing: more military funding There is a lot of talk lately about the federal budget, with Democrats and Republicans arguing ove ...
24 May 2023 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Opinion | The May 16 fire at the May Apartments displaced Street Roots vendor James Hammond and many others When the fire alarm went off, James Hammond was preparing to head out for the day to sell Street Roots. He looked out of his second-floor apartment ...
19 May 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Sociologist Matthew Desmond estimates $140 billion a year in benefits to low-income people go unclaimed Determined to file his taxes, a man I know labored to find an accountant to help him, as he does every year. This year is the first year he h ...
17 May 2023 - Kaia Sand
The estate tax generates significant revenue Oregon uses to pay for essential public services R ecently, a bipartisan group of lawmakers tried short-circuiting the legislative process to deliver a coup on behalf of Oregon's wealthiest. They attempted ...
17 May 2023 - Juan Carlos Ordóñez and Daniel Hauser
Street Smart Economics | Monied interests are pushing a false narrative about Eviction Representation for All Legal support for tenants has dramatically reduced eviction rates in cities around the country, combating poverty, homelessness, family breakups ...
8 May 2023 - Mary King
As cherry blossoms begin to depart and the spring sun musters all it can to chip away at the gloomy canopy making its home atop the Willamette Valley, winter-weary Portlanders are treated to a quietly crucial election season. Southeast Portland voters ha ...
26 Apr 2023 - K. Rambo
Opinion | The work to create a whole new first responder system must transcend one administration, one person, one moment Portland Street Response is at a crossroads. The innovative first responder system is city-wide but still limited in hours, and the c ...
19 Apr 2023 - Kaia Sand