Rural Oregon is experiencing one of the worst housing crises of our lifetime Elizabeth Reyes grew up in Lincoln City. The small tourist town on the Oregon Coast is her home, where she works full time and spends her money, where her children go to school. ...
1 Dec 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
The actor will read from his book, ‘The Grouchy Historian,’ at Powell’s in Beaverton Famous for channeling his inner grouch, actor Ed Asner reached a tipping point last year in the build-up to the 2016 election. The multi-Emmy-winning actor was fed up wit ...
10 Nov 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
Dreamers deserve a path to citizenship, says the congresswoman from Oregon One out of every eight residents in U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici’s District 1 is Latino or Hispanic, making the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program a critica ...
7 Sep 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
He publicly walked away from an adviser role for the Environmental Protection Agency, but he's still dedicated to smart housing and healthy communities As a civil engineer, Carlos Martín could expect to get a few “likes” now and again on his social m ...
2 Jun 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
Oregonians take pride in the state’s “sanctuary” posture, but immigrant detainees from ICE are being held in county jails on a daily basis – for money. A movement in Oregon and elsewhere is pushing to get them out. On a sunny Saturday in early May, Ramon ...
17 May 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
Street Roots separates facts from falsehoods on issues that matter Fiction: Being in the United States unlawfully is a crime. Fact: Not necessarily. Being here unlawfully – such has having expired documents – isn’t a felony, or even a misdemeanor. It’s co ...
20 Apr 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
Even when the GOP plan was still on the table, the congressman from Oregon was working on a revised proposal After a grueling 27-hour debate, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Oregon’s Rep. Greg Walden, voted March 9 to advance the ...
23 Mar 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
Most of the billion-dollar housing subsidy goes to top earners. Realtors will fight to preserve the popular homeowner benefit. Oregon’s biggest – and most beloved – housing subsidy is subsidizing the wrong people. That’s the perspective of a growing coali ...
12 Jan 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
An interview with Oregon's former governor In her autobiography, “Up the Capital Steps: A Woman’s March to the Governorship,” Barbara Roberts writes of a dynamic time in Oregon’s history. And if you are lucky, she notes, “you get to make a little his ...
1 Dec 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
The former governor and activist speak with Street Roots about the lasting impact of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act Barbara and Frank Roberts were Oregon’s original power couple. By 1991, Barbara was culminating an already remarkable political career by ...
1 Dec 2016 - Joanne Zuhl