Extra! Extra! Chase away the winter blahs with a hot chocolate and an even hotter edition of Street Roots! We’re at the press with 16 pages of news, commentary and poetry, all delivered by your friendly neighborhood vendor first thing Friday morning. Here ...
17 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! More vendors than ever are selling Street Roots, so you’ll be seeing a few new faces out on the beat. Like all of our crew, they’re working hard to bring you the latest edition, which is on the press today. Here’s what’s coming your way Frid ...
3 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Auditor's report on homelessness confusing, misleading... An auditor’s report put out yesterday came with headlines that homelessness has had increased by 50 percent since 2006 in Multnomah County. Due to the increase of services requested and the sh ...
4 Dec 2010 - Street Roots
Editorial: Lessons in housing relocation demand change In “Times up at the West,” (Street Roots, Nov. 12) we highlighted both the challenges and successes of the Macdonald Center to create 42 units of affordable housing in downtown Portland. They’re doing ...
26 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Shake off that turkey stupor Friday morning with a brisk walk to your local neighborhood Street Roots vendor and pick up a copy of the city’s best independent newspaper. Here’s what’s on the press right now: Case unclosed: Amanda Waldroupe r ...
24 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
New police column in SR — Street Blues: Black and white to gray Editor’s note: Street Roots welcomes Officer Robert Pickett to our line of diverse columnists. Picket offers a fresh perspective from the view of a police officer working directly with our st ...
13 Oct 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Strike a pose, Portland! It’s the season to see and be seen, whether you’re sipping Moroccan tea or an exotic brew, feet in the air or buried in the grass. The weekend is about to begin, so start it off right with a brand new Street Roots. H ...
22 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
On fear and transitioning out of the concrete jungle By Julie McCurdy You know, I think the thing that all of us have in common is fear — a thousand unruly forms of it. Wherever we are, there is fear to be faced. Becoming unhoused turned me feral. That is ...
22 Jun 2010 - Street Roots
Commentary: The bad habits have to go By Heather Lyons Contributing Writer I’ve spent a lot of time looking at spreadsheets lately. These spreadsheets attempt to quantify programmatic need and calculate the resources necessary to develop permanent support ...
23 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
Downtown voluntary alcohol ban extended one month By Amanda Waldroupe Staff Writer The City’s efforts to create an alcohol impact zone limiting the types of beers small grocery stores could sell in an effort to decrease the amount of public drinking in do ...
19 Apr 2010 - Street Roots