Transforming Justice | Compared to other nations, the United States sends more people to prisons, spends more tax dollars on prisons. Why? Few pop culture quips are more memorable than 1970s TV detective Tony Baretta’s “Don't do the crime if you can& ...
16 Mar 2023 - Andy Ko and Babak Zolfaghar...
Opinion | Requesting PSR requires calling 911, here's how it works:- A woman was in distress, standing in Peninsula Park. The caller knew her and requested Portland Street Response to help her calm down. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street ...
16 Mar 2023 - Kaia Sand
Moving Foward | The end of parking minimums in Oregon makes room for creativity At the start of 2023, Oregon embarked on the first experiment of its kind in modern U.S. history. The state rolled back required parking minimums for new construction starting ...
15 Mar 2023 - Henry Latourett...
Access Denied | Don’t know how to help? Sharing useful information can be impactful It snowed in Portland. A lot. Like a historic amount. And, of course, because our social safety net resembles a threadbare produce bag, a lot of folks are quite literally ...
8 Mar 2023 - Hanna Brooks Olsen
OPINION | 890 Street Roots supporters pitched in $30,000 of snow aid “ This snow pay is so generous and awesome," Dumpsta D, Street Roots vendor, said. "We really do love our customers for stepping up to the plate in true ‘Supportland’ style. It ...
7 Mar 2023 - Kaia Sand
Portland Police Association wants PPB to have ability to review footage before reporting force In February, the Oregonian editorial board noted, rightly, that the police officers who beat Tyre Nichols to death were dismissed and charged only because there ...
7 Mar 2023 - Eben Hoffer
People with lived experience should be seen as an effective, accessible and realistic solution to nonprofit staffing woes Nonprofits providing services to our most vulnerable people are struggling with understaffing. Finding those with master’s degrees wi ...
1 Mar 2023 - Mark Schorr
OPINION | House Bill 2001 expands on Gov. Kotek's homelessness state of emergency People across the state are struggling with homelessness, and it’s not always easy to see. Not only are people in tents, but also in RVs and campers without access to w ...
1 Mar 2023 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Commissioner Rene Gonzalez's decision to halt tent distribution is punitive, performative and dangerous There are details I remember — the winter rain, the distraught woman with her hands shaking and red with cold. Her husband, feverish, ly ...
22 Feb 2023 - Kaia Sand
Portland could have a transparency advocate, but City Council has to approve putting the choice in voters' hands Feb. 22 While Portland’s city government lists “transparency” among its core values, anyone tasked with filing (or fulfilling) more than ...
15 Feb 2023 - K. Rambo