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  1. Street Roots’ Pouncey speaks with Sen. Wyden about Griner, WNBA in PDX

    The WNBA postseason is currently in effect, and the Phoenix Mercury were quickly eliminated, losing both its first-round games in a best-of-three series against the Las Vegas Aces, who’ve now advanced to the semifinal round. It seems easy to imagine the M ...

    26 Aug 2022 - DeVon Pouncey

  2. Threats of heat waves, wildfires and smoke loom over Oregon’s summer

    After a wet spring, Portland is drought-free, but that’s not the case for the rest of the state Portland is emerging from one of the wettest springs on record and heading into summer drought-free, but Oregonians outside of the Willamette Valley aren’t fee ...

    29 Jun 2022 - Melanie Henshaw

  3. Heat Week is coming to Portland

    One year removed from the deadly 'heat dome,' Portlanders will gather to mourn those who died — and call for better outcomes in the future Portland’s first “ Heat Week ” began during the last week of June to commemorate the 69 lives lost last su ...

    24 Jun 2022 - Christine Menges

  4. OPINION | Demining in Bosnia and Herzegovina needs continued investment

    With added threat of climate change and natural disasters action is needed to demine the region Once known as the land which hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics — and historically renowned for its beautiful terrain, clear emerald lakes and diverse multi-ethni ...

    23 Dec 2021 - Arian Berberović

  5. Her cry from inside the occupation: Janna Jihad is a voice for Palestinian children

    The 13-year-old Palestinian journalist and activist sits down with Street Roots to share her perspective on what’s happening to children in the West Bank Sounds of explosives reverberate in the background of the video posted to Facebook on April 20, 2018. ...

    9 Aug 2019 - Emily Green

  6. Like NAFTA, USMCA trade deal is about corporate globalization

    COMMENTARY | Beware of biased methodology and bogus assumptions about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Now that President Donald Trump has backed off his threat to impose tariffs on all imports from Mexico, serious talks have begun in Washington, D.C., on ...

    21 Jun 2019 - Martin Hart-Lan...

  7. The Davos-annoying, billionaire-baiting, tax-loving Rutger Bregman

    The best-selling author talks about Tucker Carlson, socialism and his cause célèbre: universal basic income “We gotta be talking about taxes. Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bullshit in my opinion.”  It was with this outburst, delivered at the annual ...

    12 Apr 2019 - Sam Delaney

  8. The enemy is us: Veteran Dan Shea pushes for peace with Venezuela

    The Veterans for Peace activist, who recently met President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, cautions against U.S. military intervention Dan Shea joined Veterans for Peace after he returned from the Vietnam War feeling like he had invaded a country that wante ...

    29 Mar 2019 - Stephen Quirke

  9. African rats are sniffing out landmines for safe detonation in Cambodia

    After decades of conflict, the specially-trained rodents are helping to clear explosives They’re the unlikeliest of heroes, working for peanuts (and bananas) to make Cambodia a safer place. Meet the African giant pouched rat, a TNT-sniffing rodent that is ...

    25 May 2018 - Amy Hetherington

  10. The case for doing away with NAFTA

    COMMENTARY | The controversial trade agreement is set for renegotiation. Could this be the year we finally put our foot down? The North American Free Trade Agreement is unpopular with many people who correctly blame it for encouraging capital flight, job ...

    9 Feb 2018 - Martin Hart-Lan...

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