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Director's Desk | Multnomah County offers constructive contrast to mayor’s plans for mass camps

Kaia Sand | The Behavioral Health Resource Center adds drop-in, showers, laundry and shelter
By
Kaia Sand
November 23, 2022
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Opinion | TriMet Should eliminate fares, not increase them

Street Smart Economics | TriMet is moving in the wrong direction when many other cities and countries are implementing free transit with success
By
Mary King
November 22, 2022
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A photo of Portland City Hall

Opinion l Mental Health Association of Portland tells City Council its plan for mass encampments is costly, inhumane and ineffective

The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes city of Portland’s camps for people who are homeless, as described in five resolutions passed by four of five City Council members
By
Mental Health Association of Portland
November 16, 2022
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One person dispenses coffee into a cup to serve the other person waiting on the other side of a table.

Opinion | Lending a helping hand in Multnomah County

Street Roots’ newspaper and Rose City Resource team up to produce a Multnomah County winter resource guide
By
K. Rambo Sophie
November 16, 2022
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A person speaks into a microphone addressing a crowd of seated people. A sign on the back wall of the room says "PCUN"

Opinion | A Black Oregonian looks back on the failure of ‘No On 9’ to address racism

While the ‘No on 9‘ committee successfully defeated the measure, it did not challenge the dominant white supremacy that persisted throughout the movement and society
By
Cecil Charles Prescod
November 9, 2022
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A photo shows a tent and several people from the Rapid Resonse workers and Portland police conducting a sweep on West Burnside.

Opinion | Where Do People Go Once They’re Swept?

Access Denied | Sweeping Portlanders without viable alternatives isn’t a plan
By
Hanna Brooks Olsen
November 9, 2022
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Many people are gathered at Blanchet House to testify on the camp ban

Kaia Sand | Camping bans, mass camps will worsen Portland’s problems

Director’s Desk | Portland City Council’s camping-ban vote ignores concerns of unhoused Portlanders, undermines progress
By
Kaia Sand
November 7, 2022
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A group of people marching in the rain. The photo is black and white.

Opinion | Organizing across identity, community and the state against Ballot Measure 9

Opposition to the anti-LGBTQIA+ Measure 9 rallied support throughout Oregon to fight a shared cause
By
Melissa Lang
November 2, 2022
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A cover page of an October 2000 issue of Street Roots. Large text says, |Camping ban overturned."

Kaia Sand | A quarter century of camping bans, sit-lie ordinances

Director’s Desk | Wheeler, Ryan proposal joins a long line of city actions countered by protests and lawsuits
By
Kaia Sand
November 2, 2022
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A crowd of people in a black and white photograph showing a march against Ballot Measure 9.

Opinion | Remembering the fight against Ballot Measure 9

Oregonians came close to adopting one of the most regressive laws in the country, but activists and community members fought hard against Ballot Measure 9
By
Melissa Lang
October 26, 2022

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