Anti-Flag and Downtown Boys to headline tour stop in Portland A diverse faction of well-known performers will take the stage in Downtown Portland’s Director Park on Aug. 20, 2016, in an effort to build opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade dea ...
15 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
In Multnomah County, foreign-born moms accounted for 1 in 4 babies in 2015 Adjusting to the physical changes and endless demands a baby brings into her life can be a struggle for any new mom. But for many foreign-born mothers, these challenges are more li ...
4 Aug 2016 - Emily Green
The criminalization of improper border crossings costs taxpayers billions but does little to stifle the flow of illegal immigrants In April, members of the immigrant advocacy group Enlace rallied on the doorsteps of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden’s Portland office. ...
21 Jul 2016 - Emily Green
Laborers were shorted $103,500 for work on public lands in Oregon, Idaho and Arizona The U.S. Department of Labor announced in June that its investigators found two reforestation companies owed more than $103,500 in back wages and damages to their employe ...
14 Jul 2016 - Emily Green
Conversations about Oregon’s shortage are moving forward, but progress is slow It’s been six months since an Oregon Judicial Department task force quietly released a report outlining troubling shortfalls in the state’s placement and treatment of children ...
14 Jul 2016 - Emily Green
While the 112 publications differ in several ways, they share a common mission Newspapers and magazines with models similar to Street Roots’ are providing income opportunities to vulnerable citizens in cities around the globe. Some papers, such as Big Is ...
23 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
Thuy Huyen is running for Ms. America on the platform of world poverty, something she knows firsthand It sat there smugly, seeming to exist for the sole purpose of taunting the little girl every time she meandered past it. Thuy Huyen (pronounced “Twee Wh ...
22 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
The impending ‘mass direct action’ follows a global climate change campaign led by 350.org. Its founder, Bill McKibben, is coming to Portland to speak. On the evening of June 6, more than a hundred climate activists met at the First Unitarian Church in do ...
14 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
Street Roots to co-host documentary screening, panel discussion on safe injection sites Portland, we have a public injection problem. Public parks, playgrounds and walkways frequented by drug users are littered with hazardous used syringes. People using ...
14 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
Changes reflect efforts to correct racial disparities in Multnomah County justice system The Multnomah County District Attorney announced a new policy Wednesday that may save some juveniles from the consequences of an adult conviction. Juveniles charged w ...
8 Jun 2016 - Emily Green