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Pressing the issue: Art Hazelwood's imagery and action on the homeless front

For decades, Art Hazelwood has used his sinister style of art as a means of educating society about complex social issues by way of posters and books. His often dark and nefarious-looking images frequently attack powerful figures that he believes are dire ...

2 Dec 2014 - Emily Green
Paul Boden and the history of homelessness as we know it today

Paul Boden is the executive director of the Western Regional Advocacy Project, or WRAP. The organization is made up of community organizations around the United States, including Street Roots and Right 2 Survive in Portland. The group published the ground ...

2 Jul 2014 - Israel Bayer
Candidate Q & A: Commissioner Dan Saltzman and Challenger Nicholas Caleb talk affordable housing

Commissioner Dan Saltzman and his challenger Nicholas Caleb are running Portland Commissioner No. 3. Street Roots posed three questions to the candidates on housing and homelessness. Street Roots: Portland is experiencing an affordable housing crisis. The ...

1 May 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Cruel, inhuman and degrading: US policies on homelessness called out by UN

My organization, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, works to end homelessness in the United States. As the Law Center’s policy director, most people would expect me to be pounding the pavement here in Washington, D.C. – lobbying the admi ...

16 Apr 2014 - Jeremy Rosen
McKinney-Vento turns 25; homelessness still grows

McKinney-Vento turns 25; homelessness still grows By Paul Boden, Contributing Columnist Passed in 1987, McKenny-Vento was intended to address the emergency needs of homeless people while the federal government worked to restore the funding which had been ...

16 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Fed up with housing policy

Fed up with housing policy By Paul Boden, Contributing Columnist More than 1.46 million households are currently living on less than $2 a day per person in the wealthiest country in the world, more than double what it was in 1996. This shameful fact has h ...

6 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
Criminalizing the homeless costs us all

Criminalizing the homeless costs us all By Paul Boden, Contributing Writer The Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) and the USA-Canada Alliance of Inhabitants (USACAI) are calling on our members and allies throughout the United States and Canada to jo ...

1 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
We dare you to look inside HUD's budget cuts!

We dare you to look inside HUD's budget cuts! While the Obama Administration continues to tout ending homelessness, the realities speak for themselves. Our partners at the Western Regional Advocacy Project based in San Fransisco have come up with a U ...

21 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
The Occupy Homeless Movement

The Occupy Homeless Movement From the artist, Ronnie Goodman: “The print I call The Occupy Homeless Movement is about the persecution of being homeless. It’s also about my life having to deal with rats and bedbugs that you may encounter being homeless. Bu ...

30 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
Reflections from the frontlines, armed with empowerment

Reflections from the frontlines, armed with empowerment The Great American TARP Tour was a session of workshops and demonstrations organized by the Western Regional Advocacy Project. Volunteers and staff from Street Roots and Sisters of the Road participa ...

15 Sep 2011 - Street Roots