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August 10, 2022

Housing

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Fresh foods at William Temple pantry

Need and poverty are rising in Oregon

Cost of living, inflation and ongoing pandemic impacts contribute to record levels of poverty
By
Piper McDaniel
August 17, 2022
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A photo of the Hillsboro Bridge Shelter which is a shelter converted from an Econolodge motel. The view of the units is from the parking lot and there are cars in the lot and black pavement.

HUD launches affordable housing and rehousing initiative to combat national homelessness crisis

“Homelessness is not a political issue. It’s about human lives.”
By
Piper McDaniel
August 3, 2022

Opinion

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A blue silhouette of a group of people holding signs.

Opinion | Labor law failings and reviving the labor movement

Labor laws became more pro-business over time, but it's possible to turn the tide
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
August 10, 2022
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A photo of a building on West Burnside with a white hand-painted banner hanging over it. The banner says, "HOPE" and "Street Roots." The words sit above an open hand with yellow beams surrounding it.

Kaia Sand | Street Roots sends a message of 'HOPE'

Opinion | Street Roots invests in building on Northwest Third Avenue and West Burnside Street, plans to renovate
By
Kaia Sand
August 10, 2022

Social Justice

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In the background is Mt. Hood. Large text in the foreground, styled to look like a vintage postcard says, “Rewriting Indigenous History.”

Rewriting Indigenous History

In Oregon and across Turtle Island, colonizing powers rewrite Indigenous history, sanitizing the atrocities of genocide and erasing enduring Indigenous presence and joy
By
Melanie Henshaw
August 9, 2022
The cover of Street Roots August 10, 2022 issue. In the background is Mt. Hood. Large text in the foreground, styled to look like a vintage postcard says, “Rewriting Indigenous History.” And beneath it says “colonialism rewrites Indigenous history"
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