Extra! Extra! We live in a plastic world, but don’t forget to squirrel away a bona fide buck before you head out tomorrow morning, because you won’t want to miss the latest edition of Street Roots. Here’s what’s coming your way Friday morning: Oregon’s b ...
14 Oct 2010 - Street Roots
Our daily bread [caption id="attachment_4255" align="aligncenter" width="1024" caption="Customers gather for services at the Clackamas Service Center "] [/caption] Clackamas Service Center struggles to stay open as ...
25 Oct 2010 - Street Roots
A fitting new beginnning [caption id="attachment_4304" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Father Steve Newton outside the Downtown Chapel Roman Catholic Parish. Photo by Israel Bayer"] [/caption] Fr. Steve New ...
9 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Street Roots vendors will be out in force tomorrow with a new edition of Portland’s finest independent media, if they do say so themselves! Here’s a peek at what will be served up Friday morning for your weekend reading enjoyment: Chasse’s c ...
11 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Chasse’s champion Attorney Tom Steenson talks about the landmark wrongful death case and how little may actually change on the police force as a result By Joanne Zuhl Staff Writer Tom Steenson doesn’t count too many police officers among his close friends ...
24 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Bureau beware: Copwatch’ Dan Handelman rings in on the Joint Terrorism Task Force debate By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Whatever happened at Pioneer Courthouse Square on the evening of Nov. 26, don’t call it a bombing attempt, says Dan Handelman, the oustpo ...
20 Dec 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! The new paper is at the press packed with your weekend reading. Friday morning the office will be jammed with vendors for a rundown of the new edition and reports from the streets, followed by a day on the job throughout the great city of Po ...
20 Jan 2011 - Street Roots
Michael Powell reflects on creating the legendary book store and keeping it strong for the next generation By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer This past July, Michael Powell, the architect behind the icon Powell’s City of Books, handed over the company to his da ...
2 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
How Immigration and Customs Enforcement has co-opted local law enforcement to find their targets for them By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer It was the unusual number of calls that led the Portland Human Rights Commission to check out Secure Communities. The ca ...
3 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Sit-lie law moves along By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Seven months into the enforcement of Portland’s Sidewalk Management Ordinance, there are no lawsuits festering in the wings, no major protests at City Hall, and little in terms of social discourse under ...
8 Feb 2011 - Street Roots