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  1. In their defense of self-defense

    The film ‘Out in the Night’ tells the stories of four young, LGBTQ women of color who protected themselves from violence only to be prosecuted, maligned and imprisoned   Ten years ago, Patreese Johnson, a black 19-year-old from New Jersey, was a self-desc ...

    5 Oct 2016 - Sarah Hansell

  2. 'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke advocates for women in film

    Guest of honor at POWfest in Portland is concerned about gender disparity in Hollywood Catherine Hardwicke doesn’t call her first movie, “Thirteen,” a “job.” It was a labor of love between her and then-14-year-old Nikki Reed, who wrote the script with Har ...

    25 Feb 2016 - Sarah Hansell

  3. Author Patricia Kullberg draws from tragedies she’s seen on Portland’s streets

    Truth is often stranger than fiction, and that’s certainly the case on Portland’s streets. Drawing from experience, Patricia Kullberg blends the two in ‘Girl in the River.’ For 20 years, Dr. Patricia Kullberg was the medical director for the Multnomah Cou ...

    8 Dec 2015 - Sarah Hansell

  4. Proud and prominent

    Organizers of Portland’s second Trans Pride March aim to bring visibility to a group whose ‘acceptance is life or death’ Last year, Portland’s first large-scale Trans* Pride March rallied 400 trans and queer people and allies to parade the streets downtow ...

    12 Jun 2015 - Sarah Hansell

  5. Walker’s his name. Shaft’s his game.

    In an effort to increase black representation in comic books, Portland writer David F. Walker has recreated the 1970s character Shaft in a series released by Dynamite Comics. Portland comic writer and author David F. Walker wanted to make comics since he ...

    24 Apr 2015 - Sarah Hansell

  6. Growing up black in the increasingly white neighborhoods of Northeast Portland

    Portland-raised author Renee Watson talks about her new young adult book, "This Side of Home" Author Renée Watson grew up in Portland and lived through the gentrification of her Northeast neighborhood. In 1990, more than 30 percent of Portland’s ...

    4 Mar 2015 - Sarah Hansell

  7. Melissa Lowery on the impact of her movie, “Black Girl in Suburbia”

    Film could help her daughters navigate growing up as some of the few people of color in their community in Hillsboro In 2010, Melissa Lowery set out to create a film — her first feature-length film — that could serve as a guidebook for her two daughters. ...

    18 Feb 2015 - Sarah Hansell

  8. Hopes of housing for the new year

    Allison Strange came to Portland to leave behind the old memories of her son, whom she lost to cancer, and to be with her boyfriend. She came looking for a fresh start in a new place. And that’s exactly what she found at Street Roots. “A better one than I ...

    31 Dec 2014 - Sarah Hansell

  9. Home is where the kitty is

    Paulette Bade started selling Street Roots in Portland to fill the days in between her nights at the shelter. She experienced homelessness for the first time this year. But her reason for continuing — at least one of them — is a little different now that ...

    6 Dec 2014 - Sarah Hansell

  10. Best friends, through thick and thin

    Danielle Johnstone and Charles Mitchell sell Street Roots the same way they do everything else in their lives — together. “I wanted her to be able to do it with me,” Charles said. “I wanted for us to do it together.” The couple have been together since th ...

    2 Dec 2014 - Sarah Hansell

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