Don’t drop out during challenging times. Plug into your community. Not that we should have to be reminded, but the year is 2017. And we have a racist in the White House. This past week’s immersion course into latent and overt racism has left most American ...
18 Aug 2017 - SR editorial board
'When the shock happens, that’s when people are most vulnerable,' the author of 'No Is Not Enough' tells Street Roots Naomi Klein’s latest book offers a strong dose of clarity to counteract the chaos plaguing the country since Donald T ...
23 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | Refugees and immigrants are not a threat to America; we make it great My dear newborn twins, You were born just 76 days after the swearing in of the 45th president of the United States. Your daddy came to Portland with $10 and a plastic bag u ...
16 May 2017 - Som Subedi
COMMENTARY | There are many reasons to dismiss a declaration of crisis Be afraid, very afraid. There is good reason to fear that President Trump and the Republican Party are out to destroy our Social Security system. Social Security is an incredibly popu ...
17 Apr 2017 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Indivisible Oregon's mission boils down to one simple message: 'Resist everything' On a dark and drizzly Tuesday afternoon in February, a group of 40-plus Portlanders huddled together in the Doubletree Hotel near Lloyd Center to strategize ...
6 Apr 2017 - Elizabeth Buelow
The civil rights activist talks about holding ground under renewed threats to minority communities and police oversight On Jan. 19, the eve of the Presidential inauguration, the Rev. Al Sharpton stood outside Trump International Hotel in New York City wit ...
16 Mar 2017 - Adam Sennott
Street Roots visits the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education to pose this question President Donald Trump exhibits the characteristics of a demagogue. His attacks on the media, fear mongering, overt lying and the way he plays on people ...
23 Feb 2017 - Emily Green
COMMENTARY | Andy Ko, director of Partnership for Safety and Justice, aims to apply a philosophy of his work to the presidential election “People are more than the worst thing they have done or the worst thing that has been done to them.” We say that qui ...
16 Feb 2017 - Andy Ko
COMMENTARY | Portland Commissioner Nick Fish reassures us our nation's founding principles will endure On Jan. 5, Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish delivered this keynote speech to students at the Classroom Law Project’s annual “We The People: The ...
19 Jan 2017 - Nick Fish
The heavy-hitting Democrat from Massachusetts is bringing his game plan to Portland On Jan. 26, the famously free-speaking Barney Frank will deliver what will undoubtedly be an invigorating lecture titled “Democratic Values after Trump: A Frank View” at P ...
19 Jan 2017 - Emily Green