Tom Lechner is an art teacher, IT expert, photographer, facilities manager and role model. He’s also the one who makes sure dozens of homeless children get to school each day. Tom Lechner sits at a schoolroom-style desk in one corner of a busy office, a c ...
17 Sep 2016 - Robin Schauffler
Researcher discusses his study of black, teenage 'strivers' from working-poor families The stresses of poverty are well known among scientists and public policy experts. The effects of erratic sleep while homeless, the constant worry low-income ...
27 Aug 2015 - Amanda Waldroupe
Election Day has sadly become a reminder to us all that we are a deeply divided country that doesn’t agree on much. We differ on Democrats vs. Republicans, trickle-down economics vs. a more redistributive approach, a more active and aggressive foreign pol ...
20 Nov 2014 - M. Nels Johnson
Bill Bigelow is an educator and activist who taught social studies in the Portland Public Schools for more than 30 years. Though he has left the classroom as a full-time teacher, he is actively involved in the U.S. educational system through his work with ...
21 May 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
Last month on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, a coalition of advocacy organizations presented findings from Facing Race: the 2013 Oregon Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity. The report is designed to help legislators better understand how to addr ...
15 Feb 2014 - David Rogers
The latest Street Roots reports that “when legislators convene in Salem for the Legislature’s month-long session, scheduled to begin Feb. 3, they are likely to focus on economic development, job growth, continuing to fund and reform education, and pass le ...
15 Jan 2014 - SR editorial board