Street Smart Economics | In the throes of climate crisis, corporations are gambling with our lives The World Meteorological Organization has declared 2023 “the warmest year on record, by a huge margin.” Annual global carbon emissions also hit a new high, ...
21 Feb 2024 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Opinion | Led by artist Cole Reed, vendors repurpose furniture for the new location The end of the renovation project was in sight — until it wasn’t. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. That’s because whe ...
21 Feb 2024 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | Culminating gift of $27,000 honors co-founder’s mother A Street Roots reader spotted a vendor and quickly stopped to buy a newspaper on the way to an appointment — that is a familiar scenario. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Stree ...
14 Feb 2024 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Oregon labor sees at least five union wins, six new campaigns or election filings and five labor actions Last year was another significant year for Oregon’s labor movement. According to Street Roots’ prior reporting, in 2023 Oregon workers filed ...
7 Feb 2024 - Aurora Biggers
Opinion | It’s an act of bad faith to pit the Portland Street Response against the Portland Fire Bureau If budgets are how a city demonstrates its values, city leadership must show it values Portland Street Response. Kaia Sand is the executive director of ...
5 Feb 2024 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Free Geek, Personal Telco and Street Roots partner to launch the AfroVillage Old Town Community Network There’s a tiny piece of equipment on the roof of the soon-to-open Street Roots building on West Burnside Street that’s hard to glimpse from b ...
31 Jan 2024 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Why did city leadership disappear when it came to severe weather shelters? Thick crusts of ice covered the sidewalk. Trees fell on rooftops and trucks. Powerlines snapped, letting loose the deadly currents that killed members of a young family. ...
24 Jan 2024 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Help Street Roots raise $27,237 for elevator construction Flying chairs, ascending rooms, steam-powered elevators descending into mines. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. For millennia, people ...
17 Jan 2024 - Kaia Sand
Street Smart Economics | The city’s ‘high’ taxes are a beloved talking point of those who seek to gut services, but the numbers tell a different story The local press is again spreading a deceptive business lobbyist talking point, claiming that taxes in t ...
17 Jan 2024 - Mary King
Opinion | Street Roots’ Burnside building is composed of stories galore Street Roots vendors who stop at the office for a cup of coffee and to read the newspaper before they hit the streets will soon be supported by chairs from the Central Library, restor ...
10 Jan 2024 - Kaia Sand