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Kaia Sand | Kotek’s task force should unlock funds for Portland Street Response

Opinion | Kotek should steer the bus toward Oregon Health Authority fixing Medicaid rules
By
Kaia Sand
September 22, 2023
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Kaia Sand | Orion Magazine publishes five Street Roots poets

Opinion | Poetry on the environments of the unhoused and displaced
By
Kaia Sand
September 20, 2023
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Opinion | Providing healing for survivors of gun violence is crucial

Transforming Justice | POIC’s ‘Healing Hurt People’ provides an example of a successful model to support gun violence victims
By
Roy Moore Travis Nelson
September 20, 2023
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Introducing the 2023 Vendor Issue

Street Roots vendors are at the core of the organization and mission. The vendor issue is a testament to their work, creativity and ambitions for the future.
By
Kodee Zarnke
September 13, 2023
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Tina Kotek is smiling and sitting at a desk.

Letter from the editor | We’re not invited to Gov. Tina Kotek’s new task force

Opinion | Kotek’s decision to hide her new task force’s conversations from the public is opaque, unethical and counterproductive
By
K. Rambo
September 6, 2023
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Jo Ann Hardesty holds a microphone in her left hand and speaks into it. A person is in the background with their head bowed.

Kaia Sand | How can Portland do better for future Black women on City Council?

Opinion | Jo Ann Hardesty was subjected to relentless racist and sexist attacks during her tenure on City Council
By
Kaia Sand
August 23, 2023
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Opinion | Claims stating downtown’s pandemic recovery is prolonged lack evidence

Street Smart Economics | The narrative that downtown Portland isn't recovering as quickly as other city centers is based on a flawed study, writes economist Mary King
By
Mary King
August 16, 2023
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Kaia Sand | Support Street Roots’ campaign to install an elevator

Opinion | This new elevator will allow more access and ease for vendors
By
Kaia Sand
August 16, 2023
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A group of 12 people stands outside Portland City Hall holding up a giant check showing the amount of signatures on the petition.

Kaia Sand | Friends of PSR delivers petition to City Hall

Opinion | Petition for PSR amasses more than 10,000 signatures
By
Kaia Sand
August 9, 2023
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Bright pink Rouse City Resource Guides are laid in a row across pages of Street Roots newspapers below them.

Kaia Sand | New Rose City Resource guides are now available

Opinion | A new section in the guide lists services for people exiting incarceration
By
Kaia Sand
August 2, 2023

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