-HIV/AIDS remains an important public health problem in Oregon. From 1981 through 2011, 9,028 Oregonians were diagnosed and reported with HIV infection; approximately 40 percent have since died.-5,384 Oregonians are living with HIV, in addition to an unkno ...
5 Nov 2013 - Street Roots Staff
•Nearly 25,000 African immigrants and refugees live in Oregon: Source, Coalition of Communities of Color •About 24 percent of the Portland Metropolitan Region was made up of youth ages 0-17. Nearly 11 percent were residents 65 years of age and older. •Thr ...
21 Oct 2013 - Street Roots Staff
The Mental Health Association of Portland is asking Oregon's Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to inquire into a Nevada state psychiatric hospital that has been accused of dumping patient's in surrounding states. Below is the letter written to th ...
16 Sep 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Oregon is a bountiful state. We produce 220 crops and livestock commodities, a greater variety than any state except Florida and California. The value of these crops and commodities totaled more than $5 billion in 2011, a record high. As consumers, we can ...
20 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Oregon is a bountiful state. We produce 220 crops and livestock commodities, a greater variety than any state except Florida and California. The value of these crops and commodities totaled more than $5 billion in 2011, a record high. As consumers, we can ...
5 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Few City Hall pairings have been as joined at the hip as Commissioner Nick Fish and the Portland Housing Bureau. In his tenure on the City Council, Fish has been the architect of the city’s current housing and homeless operations, a defender of the social ...
4 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff
by Peter Miller and Nancy Hedrick Portland area activists protested the annual Oregon State membership dinner of the leading pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC, on Sunday May 19. As usual, a number of local, state, and ...
28 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Eric Ares, Dilara Yarbrough and Paul Boden, Contributing Columnists On April 23, the California State Assembly Judiciary Committee passed Assembly Bill 5, also known as the Homeless Person’s Bill of Rights and Fairness Act, out of committee with a 7-2 ...
21 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots received three first place, and one, second place award this weekend from Oregon/Southwest Washington Society of Professional Journalists. Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl took home first place for "Investigative reporting," for her re ...
19 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By David Rogers, Contributing Columnist Gov. John Kitzhaber convened a diverse set of public safety system stakeholders to examine ways Oregon could improve public safety while also reducing prison spending. The governor’s Commission on Public Safety exam ...
17 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff