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Community connection through cartooning

Liz Yerby illustrates India’s story and encourages readers to see the ‘full narrative’ of peoples lives The Portland State University Collaborative Comics Project aims to change the narrative around homelessness through ethnographic cartooning based on ...

12 Jan 2022 - Sarah Hansell
‘Some time on the ranch can do a man some good’

In memory of longtime Street Roots elder Art Garcia, a column from the vaults Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. The work we do at Street Roots is built on the work of people who have come before us. A b ...

12 Jan 2022 - Art Garcia and Kaia Sand
In loving memory of Art Garcia (1948- 2021)

Art was a Street Roots vendor, columnist, mentor, program manager and years-long supporter. His impact and legacy are felt throughout Street Roots. Art Garcia, a cornerstone of Street Roots for nearly two decades, passed away Dec. 11 at the age of 73. Art ...

12 Jan 2022 - Joanne Zuhl
20 years without complexity: The legacy of 9/11 for American Muslims

What is it like to hold a crossroads within your body? For many American Muslims, our identities have become a crossroads between familiar and foreign. Between safety and danger. Between belonging and othering. In the years prior to 9/11, people were igno ...

13 Oct 2021 - Anjabeen Ashraf
Veteran homelessness grows across Oregon

Rural counties see the greatest increase, with 73 percent living unsheltered in those areas Homelessness among military veterans has increased 9 percent in Oregon since 2017, with 1,363 veterans experiencing homelessness across the state, according to dat ...

9 Nov 2018 - Emily Green
The price we pay for militarism

COMMENTARY | The United States' massive military spending means less money for everything else Republicans and Democrats like to claim they are on opposite sides of important issues. Of course, depending on which way the wind blows, they sometimes ch ...

24 Aug 2018 - Martin Hart-Lan...
These veterans have ‘lived something extraordinary’: Portland student listens, shares

Read excerpts from the Portland Veteran’s Project, high school junior Kendall Duffie’s interviews of local veterans The Portland Veteran’s Project came out of the blue for me. I knew I liked history and writing, but it only came together when I had the ch ...

10 Nov 2017 - Kendall Duffie
Homeless veterans hang in the balance

Trump's budget cuts threaten to unravel Portland's success housing veterans After living his car, homeless, for a little over a year, Daniel Kallunki moved into a one-bedroom apartment near Troutdale last November, less than a month after receiv ...

26 May 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe