Portland therapists serving the Black community say they’re at capacity as protesters and others fill their appointment slots ZaDora Williams is busier than ever. As a therapist and social worker in Portland who services the African American community, he ...
9 Aug 2020 - Jessica Pollard
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, unhoused students struggled to stay connected, and district officials don’t know how many have fallen through the cracks Portland had 1,217 students experiencing some form of homelessness last fall. With the pandemic and en ...
8 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Episode 10: Oregon’s U.S. senator discusses his efforts to keep federal forces out of protests, COVID-19 assistance, the detention of children at the border, and more On the 10th episode of the Street Roots Podcast, host DeVon Pouncey is joined by U.S. Je ...
7 Aug 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
OPINION | Reimagine Oregon offers a roadmap to justice we can all follow I biked down to the waterfront to take in a key protest gathering space, Salmon Street Springs, in the daylight. Like all over downtown, art remains. A painting of Quanice Hayes on a ...
7 Aug 2020 - Kaia Sand
U.S. defense spending and the resulting militarization of our nation’s police forces dwarf investments in actual needs, such as housing and social services The excessive use of force and killings of unarmed Black Americans by police has fueled a growing n ...
6 Aug 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
NAYA is developing its second Portland apartment complex, Mamook Tokatee, with a gallery next door Portland’s Native American Youth and Family Center broke ground on a 56-unit affordable-housing development Tuesday. The project, called Mamook Tokatee, beg ...
5 Aug 2020 - B. Toastie
Local artists and music curators discuss the beats Portland’s Black Lives Matter movement is marching to A few short months ago, the streets of Portland were eerily quiet, subdued by the uncertainty of COVID-19’s sudden grip on the globe. Now, Portland is ...
4 Aug 2020 - Donovan M. Smith
Schon Tell is working toward creating a nonprofit that would get people into housing Schon Tell wants to help people get housing. An ordained minister of the Universal Life Church, he is passionate about assisting marginalized people who are having troubl ...
3 Aug 2020 - Pat Zimmer
With sweeps paused during the pandemic, many houseless communities have grown as campers have settled in. Photographer Benjamin Brink captured this unique moment in the city’s history. When the coronavirus pandemic hit Portland, the city substantially cut ...
2 Aug 2020 - Benjamin Brink
Some observers are concerned that the national conversation about federal overreach in Portland has overshadowed the Portland Police Bureau’s brutality against protesters As the federal deployment of secretive law enforcement proved violent in the Trump a ...
1 Aug 2020 - Henry Brannan