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  1. Book Review: 'Invisible in Austin'

    Javier Auyero's collection of student works explores poverty in today's American At my company’s holiday party in December, a coworker from the East Coast told me of her shock at Seattle’s visible poverty. “You can’t miss it unless you don’t eve ...

    9 Aug 2016 - Megan Wildhood

  2. Oregonians share stories, visions for state

    Neighborhood Partnerships and the Oregon Housing Alliance asked: What do you want to see? Last month we asked community members to share their vision. We asked: What does building Oregon’s future mean to you? What would change in your life, in your experi ...

    1 Jun 2015 - Omar Carrillo

  3. Dispelling perceptions about the working poor

    "Hand to Mouth" author Linda Tirado speaks with Street Roots about her own experiences living in poverty In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned to rolling a boulder to the top of a hill, an act that required the greatest exertion, only to ha ...

    14 Mar 2015 - Jared Paben

  4. Portland-based film "American Winter" gets Emmy nod

    “ American Winter,” the documentary film about the trauma of modern poverty through the eyes of eight Portland families, has been nominated for an Emmy. The film originally aired on HBO, but it has been shown in theaters across the country and continues t ...

    20 Aug 2014 - Joanne Zuhl

  5. Sasha Abramsky talks poverty — American style

    The title of author Sasha Abramsky’s new book, “The American Way of Poverty,” might sound a bit patronizing to patriotic ears, given that Abramsky was born in Great Britain and attended Oxford University. But living now in his mother’s homeland of America ...

    28 Jan 2014 - Jay Thiemeyer

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