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July 14, 2021

Opinion

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Sen. Ron Wyden and someone wearing a Portland Street Response T-shirt

Editorial | Portland Street Response is waiting for the city to catch up

Portland’s bare-bones commitment to the non-police crisis response program doesn’t reflect the substantial public demand for it
By
SR editorial board
July 21, 2021
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Street Roots Podcast | Sen. Ron Wyden: ‘A historic day’ for reducing poverty in America

Episode 21: The senator celebrates the expansion of the Child Tax Credit and discusses wildfire mitigation, his CAHOOTS bill and more
By
DeVon Pouncey
July 16, 2021
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Clark County Courthouse building exterior

Diary of a Victims’ Advocate | Helping survivors navigate complex systems is knowing when to step aside

OPINION | Sometimes we need to let them take the reins
By
N.L.D.
July 14, 2021
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Historical photo shows Alexei Stakhanov with a mining drill, talking to another miner

Opinion | How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today’s intense corporate workplace culture

Alexei Stakhanov’s productivity and work ethic were central to Soviet Communist propaganda and have since been embraced by managers in the West
By
Bogdan Costea Peter Watt
July 14, 2021
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Laurelhurst Park sign

Street Roots vendor writing | Cleanup day at the Laurelhurst camp

From Central City Concern to city staffers to Ground Score, many teams joined the effort. Why can’t we do this for all Portland camps?
By
Bronwyn Carver
July 14, 2021
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Eboni Brown talks to Street Roots ambassadors

Kaia Sand | Five Street Roots ambassadors land jobs at Greater Good Northwest

OPINION | The Ambassador Program emerged from the pandemic, and now, new doors are opening
By
Kaia Sand
July 14, 2021

Podcast

Street Roots

Street Roots Podcast | Sen. Ron Wyden: ‘A historic day’ for reducing poverty in America

Episode 21: The senator celebrates the expansion of the Child Tax Credit and discusses wildfire mitigation, his CAHOOTS bill and more
By
DeVon Pouncey
July 16, 2021

Social Justice

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Jean-Jacques Michell with his dog

A look inside the anarchist city on Portland’s Kelly Butte

PDX Houseless Radicals Collective has made the isolated park home base in its fight to address houseless issues
By
Henry Brannan
July 14, 2021

Vendor Profiles

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Photos of River and Doug, both wearing protective face coverings

Street Roots vendor profile | Continuing their outreach work beyond Street Roots

Doug and River are moving on to Greater Good Northwest, where they will continue the work they’re passionate about
By
Dylan Jefferies
July 14, 2021
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