STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Business needs and desires are promoted as consistent with American values and enshrined into law President Calvin Coolidge, in a January 1925 speech to newspaper editors, asserted, “the chief business of the American people is bu ...
19 Oct 2022 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Over the next four weeks, expect to learn a lot about what candidates plan to do about housing and homelessness Letter from the editor: It's getting to be that time again. The time when people throughout the state argue (or alternatively agree) with ...
21 Sep 2022 - K. Rambo
A ubiquitous feature in the Portland landscape, Street Roots vendors make the city better Letter from the editor: Readers are no doubt familiar with Street Roots vendors. Fixtures of the community, vendors brave cold, heat, rain, snow, pandemics and a lit ...
7 Sep 2022 - Raven Drake and Gary Barker and K. Rambo
OPINION | Two cycling events show how simple it is to be considerate, inclusive of unhoused neighbors The sun was low in Old Town as bikers pulled up to the corner of West Burnside Street and Northwest Third Avenue. Soon, the corner was bustling with cycl ...
31 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | These deaths are the horrible outcome of inequitable access to housing and other healthcare necessities The Little Match Girl had no good options. She contended with poverty and freezing cold, Hans Christian Andersen writes in his 19th-c ...
24 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Spurred by need and creativity, Street Roots' growth demands more space Jason found Street Roots its new organizational home. It was February of 2021, and I was biking around Old Town, a map of properties printed from Portland Maps clutched ...
17 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
Labor laws became more pro-business over time, but it's possible to turn the tide If you follow the news, it must seem like joining a union is a step outside the norms of U.S. law. After all, the media is full of stories about how big companies like ...
10 Aug 2022 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Opinion | Street Roots invests in building on Northwest Third Avenue and West Burnside Street, plans to renovate A man walked to the corner of Northwest Third Avenue and West Burnside Street, moving slowly, likely worn from weathering nights outside. I ge ...
10 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
I'm proud that Street Roots received a Portland Clean Energy Fund grant Our city is poised to make a large investment in climate change equity — and that’s a really big deal. I’m proud that Street Roots is one of 65 organizations to receive grants fr ...
3 Aug 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Born out of necessity, the ambassador program is thriving Born from the needs of the pandemic, Street Roots’ ambassador program is now a seasoned option for vendors to build skills by serving the community through paid work. Participation in the ...
27 Jul 2022 - Kaia Sand