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Streetwise advice for the homelessness novice

Ryan Dowd’s ‘The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness’ offers guidance to workers whose job puts them in contact with people experiencing homelessness In his book, “ The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness,” Ryan Dowd provides insight and practical tools for a ...

20 Jul 2018 - Topaz
'So You Want to Talk About Race,' a no-nonsense guide to navigating race in America

Ijeoma Oluo's book is a tool for turning uncomfortable conversations into productive ones Ijeoma Oluo’s book “ So You Want to Talk About Race ” is a no-nonsense, straight-forward guide to understanding the complexities of race in America. Oluo covers ...

29 Jun 2018 - Lisa Edge
Vishavjit Singh is Sikh Captain America

With his creations, the cartoonist throws a mighty shield at the hate and prejudice he’s experienced On the first floor of Wing Luke Museum in the International District of Seattle, several cartoons of people wearing turbans accompanied by succinct statem ...

29 Jun 2018 - Lisa Edge
Four Street Roots vendors chosen for Portland Art Museum's exhibit

Being "One Step Way" from homelessness the focus of next month's Object Stories series Big city art museums have traditionally been vault-like repositories of masterpieces hanging quietly on a wall, seen only by the well-heeled. Uniformed g ...

15 Jun 2018 - Helen Hill
Jessica Bruder reveals a subculture in America spawned by the drive to survive

BOOK REVIEW | 'Nomadland' looks at RV- and van-dwelling travelers in search for a place to park their lives The headlines may talk about growth, but we are living in a dark economic era. For most families, income and wealth have stagnated in rec ...

15 Jun 2018 - Joe Martin
Political journalist Sarah Kendzior on what middle America can teach the rest of the country

Her new book, 'Flyover Country,' is a collection of writings on systemic problems endemic in the Midwest "Flyover country” was never meant to be a flattering term. Middle America, lacking the wealth and sparkle of coastal cities, is viewed ...

8 Jun 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
Street Roots vendors lend artistic hand to pottery project

Finished clay bowls will be auctioned off in the fall to help people experiencing homelessness Several afternoons this spring, Street Roots has been transformed into a bustling pop-up pottery studio thanks to artist Dana Lynn Louis and the Gather:Make:She ...

8 Jun 2018 - Helen Hill
Author Mark Lilla reflects on how identity politics fractures the Left

BOOK REVIEW | The writer of 'The Once and Future Liberal' provides an elegantly concise how-we-got-here history I had thought the malaise of relentlessly focusing on identity was just me. That only I was feeling like an ant under a magnifying gl ...

1 Jun 2018 - Megan Wildhood
Street Roots vendors reflect on Pulse shooting in Orlando

This week, Street Roots’ Creative Writing prompt was a response to the shooting at Pulse in Orlando, Fla. Vendors were encouraged to write their own responses. Here is what they wrote. In Response to the Orlando Shooting By Aileen McPherson Is it t ...

23 Jun 2016 - Street Roots
'Twas the Protest Before Christmas

No more Chasses! Nor Kendras! Nor Billy Wayne Simms! No Tasing, no shooting of black people on whims! 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the jail Not an inmate was stirring, 'cept those who made bail Phone calls were made to the ...

23 Dec 2015 - Chris O'Connor