COMMENTERY | It has never been clearer: The right to housing is ‘a matter of life and death’ Public health officials are calling the stay-home policy the sacrifice of our generation. To flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections, this call of duty is now em ...
25 May 2020 - Maimunah Mohd Sharif and Leilani Farh
DIRECTOR’S DESK | Street Roots and four partner organizations asked 97 houseless Portlanders where they’d prefer to live temporarily during the pandemic Over the past few weeks, the Street Roots vendor-led Coronavirus Action Team fanned out, offering unho ...
22 May 2020 - Kaia Sand
Lana Jack makes daily trips to drop off donated supplies, helping about 100 people with precautions against COVID-19 On the banks along a stretch of the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, Lana Jack brings supplies to Underwood, Lyle and Lone Pi ...
17 May 2020 - Celeste Noche and John McDonald
These Indigenous-owned Oregon small businesses can use our support As businesses shutter and unemployment surges in response to the coronavirus pandemic, businesses owned by people of color are at risk of permanent closure. BIPOC (black, Indigenous and pe ...
16 May 2020 - Celeste Noche
The state’s guidelines for a crisis such as COVID-19 lack a commitment not to withhold care from people with disabilities, according to a federal complaint Oregon’s crisis health care guidelines leave room for discrimination against people with disabiliti ...
14 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
Dennis Parker at National Center for Law and Economic Justice tells Street Roots how the pandemic is highlighting existing inequities — and what can be done about it For the second time in less than two decades, the United States is facing a devastating e ...
14 May 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
Raven has used her skills as a medic in the Navy to build a medical program for Portland's unhoused community, and she coordinates three new camps Raven Drake is busy. Like all of us, she is adjusting to a changed life in the face of a global pandemi ...
10 May 2020 - Jessica Hamilton
My NeighbOR connects foster families with goods and services donated by their neighbors Brandon and Kellie Smith weren’t looking to become foster parents, but the foster care system came to them. In 2015, there was a child in need, and the Smiths answered ...
9 May 2020 - Libby Dowsett
The governor's stay-home order has resulted in more connections with prospective foster families, says the director of Every Child The number of families inquiring about becoming foster parents or adopting through the state is soaring during this pan ...
9 May 2020 - Libby Dowsett
DIRECTOR’S DESK | There are some things we all can do to stay focused on everybody’s public health The disconcerting phone calls started coming in this week. Antsy to open up businesses, people were once again complaining about all the tents. My response ...
8 May 2020 - Kaia Sand