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Parting words from Street Roots’ executive editor

Joanne Zuhl is stepping down after 18 years: ‘I am thankful that I was part of this team’
By
Joanne Zuhl
July 28, 2021
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Illustration depicts a shadow of a person holding a gun

Opinion | Gun violence is a public health crisis

Rupal Ramesh Shah: This serious issue demands action, including tougher restrictions on firearms and better crisis management
By
Rupal Ramesh Shah
July 28, 2021
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Opinion | Confronting inequity in the homeless system requires immediate action

And the government must help, writes the executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless
By
Donald Whitehead
July 21, 2021
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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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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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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
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A photo illustration shows the silhouette of adult with a child walking on train tracks

Opinion | The boy who loved the father in his dream

Ga lo Vann shares the story of the first hanbleceya and with it reveals the curse of modern-day America and how it has played out in the life of a man sent to prison for killing his sexual abusers as a boy
By
Ga lo Vann
July 7, 2021

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