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Growing up black in the increasingly white neighborhoods of Northeast Portland

Portland-raised author Renee Watson talks about her new young adult book, "This Side of Home" Author Renée Watson grew up in Portland and lived through the gentrification of her Northeast neighborhood. In 1990, more than 30 percent of Portland’s ...

4 Mar 2015 - Sarah Hansell
Mitchell S. Jackson remembers Portland's "Residue Years"

The author of “The Residue Years” talks about his memories of Portland, where his book is the 2015 Everybody Reads selection from the Multnomah County Library “It’s cold!” says Mitchell S. Jackson. “It’s really cold in Brooklyn.” Indeed. But in his native ...

3 Mar 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Mic Crenshaw: Talking music, race and getting results, the Portland artist and activist doesn’t mince words

When Mic Crenshaw came to Portland, it was sort of like shaking a personal Etch A Sketch. He wanted a fresh start. That is understandable. He had left behind an on-going struggle with white supremacists in Minneapolis, Minn. His connection to the streets ...

10 Jan 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
Non-violence as a way of life

One of my first mentors on the streets was the great Genny Nelson, co-founder of Sisters Of The Road. Genny has mentored dozens of organizers, agitators, policy makers, writers and artists over the years. Her life’s work has a footprint on both Portland p ...

30 Oct 2014 - Israel Bayer
Compassion without judgment

One of my first mentors on the streets was the great Genny Nelson, co-founder of Sisters Of The Road. Genny has mentored dozens of organizers, agitators, policy makers, writers and artists over the years. Her life’s work has a footprint on both Portland p ...

30 Oct 2014 - Israel Bayer
This land is your land... The efforts to make Portland's brownfields viable

They’re everywhere, but often go unnoticed — the empty lots and vacant buildings that dot many of Portland’s thoroughfares and neighborhoods. Overgrown with innumerable weeds or concealed by a layer of asphalt, they hardly catch the eye. But in a city tha ...

27 Aug 2014 - Emily Green
Let’s focus on solutions to tackle housing challenges

The Oregonian recently reported that apartment rentals in Portland shot up 6.1 percent last year according to Axiometrics, a rental industry data firm. The average rent for an apartment in Portland is $1,160. You know what? They’re going to increase even ...

13 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer
Bust to boon: City Hall sees green in legalized marijuana

For decades, cities have spent untold sums of money trying to prevent people from possessing and consuming drugs. With Oregon potentially poised to legalize marijuana, the state’s largest city is already taking steps to benefit financially from pot being ...

12 Aug 2014 - Jake Thomas
Organizations call for 100% of short-term rental fee to go toward affordable housing

As organizations working to preserve and expand opportunities for low-income people to live and thrive in Portland, we support the proposal by Portland City Commissioners Dan Saltzman and Nick Fish for a dedicated stream of funding for affordable housing, ...

23 Jul 2014 - Israel Bayer
Voz loses Catholic funding over solidarity with marriage equality

Voz Workers Rights Education Project, Portland’s day laborer organization, was recently faced with a difficult decision: Either pursue a promising $75,000 grant through the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, or forfeit the money and stay in solidari ...

15 Jul 2014 - Joanne Zuhl