Like many others, Oregonians felt the impacts of extreme weather events caused by climate change As world leaders met during the UN climate summit, COP26, to discuss the unfolding ecological collapse brought upon the planet by their own inaction and the g ...
17 Nov 2021 - SR editorial board
The city's ties with Clean & Safe lack oversight. The city should not rush to approve a new contract. Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty described the rush by some members of Portland’s City Council to sign a new five-year contract with Downtown Portla ...
29 Sep 2021 - SR editorial board
When Portland City Council announced an unanimous decision to sweep Laurelhurst Park a few weeks ago, no one would go on record to talk about it A united Portland City Council announced a unanimous decision to sweep Laurelhurst Park a few weeks ago — a sy ...
18 Aug 2021 -
Joanne Zuhl is stepping down after 18 years: ‘I am thankful that I was part of this team’ After more than 18 years with Street Roots, I’m leaving my role as executive editor with the newspaper that accepted me as a volunteer so many years ago. My departur ...
28 Jul 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
Portland’s bare-bones commitment to the non-police crisis response program doesn’t reflect the substantial public demand for it Leanne was worried. Her daughter lived in a bus and struggled to manage her mental illness. After the 114-degree heat that resu ...
21 Jul 2021 - SR editorial board
The president’s $2 trillion infrastructure package is a solid start to reversing the impacts of Reaganomics H e may have been president in the 1980s, but Ronald Reagan’s legacy has stuck with us going on four decades. It was during his administration that ...
14 Apr 2021 - SR editorial board
Scores of COVID-19 deaths in Oregon’s prisons underscore the failures of America’s carceral system E xpendable. The word refers to something that is normally used up or consumed in service, or something that is more easily replaced than rescued, salvaged ...
10 Mar 2021 - SR editorial board
Realtors’ efforts paved the way for the dire lack of housing solutions in Josephine County Grants Pass, the hub of Southern Oregon’s Josephine County, just saw its plan for a short-term homeless shelter collapse under the pressure of community opposition. ...
24 Feb 2021 - SR editorial board
Almost two years since Street Roots first proposed it, the program has launched. Now, there’s room for creativity to inform its development. “When stepping into a situation, try to keep an open mind. Ask what they think would resolve the problem the best. ...
13 Jan 2021 - SR editorial board
Oregon can be a model for successful drug decriminalization, or it can be used to show why other states shouldn’t do the same W e decriminalized drugs. Let that sink in. Once Measure 110 is implemented, those who use drugs will no longer live in fear of a ...
11 Nov 2020 - SR editorial board