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New babies bring unique challenges to foreign-born moms

In Multnomah County, foreign-born moms accounted for 1 in 4 babies in 2015 Adjusting to the physical changes and endless demands a baby brings into her life can be a struggle for any new mom. But for many foreign-born mothers, these challenges are more li ...

4 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
Street papers play vital role in refugee relief

Many refugees sell publications like Street Roots Last year alone, more than 1.2 million refugees entered Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Many of them arrived to the doorstep of a street newspaper or magazine just like Street Roots. As a result, street ...

5 Jul 2016 - Laura Smith
Harrowing escape from Vietnam forged path for U.S. citizenship, Ms. Oregon reign

Thuy Huyen is running for Ms. America on the platform of world poverty, something she knows firsthand It sat there smugly, seeming to exist for the sole purpose of taunting the little girl every time she meandered past it. Thuy Huyen (pronounced “Twee Wh ...

22 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
A field of their own: Refugees reconnect with their roots through Refuge Gardens

As early as five in the morning, you can find refugee growers kneeling in the dirt of the Refuge Gardens in Damascus. among the rows of broccoli, kale, squash, onions and other autumn crops. Neatly planted vegetables and fruits stretch out across the two ...

23 Oct 2014 - Sarah Hansell
Street Roots For the record: October 11-24, 2013

•Nearly 25,000 African immigrants and refugees live in Oregon: Source, Coalition of Communities of Color •About 24 percent of the Portland Metropolitan Region was made up of youth ages 0-17. Nearly 11 percent were residents 65 years of age and older. •Thr ...

21 Oct 2013 - Street Roots Staff