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Concept of the risk of collapse of the capitalism system with the global epidemic of COVID-19

Back to normal is not good enough; we need a new economy

COMMENTARY | The failings of our current system are only accentuated by the coronavirus crisis
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
April 21, 2020
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Nyanga Uuka helps build the camp in Old Town

3 temporary campsites to open next week for more unhoused people to shelter in place

DIRECTOR'S DESK | Street Roots has supported this effort coordinated by Join to open campsites on city land
By
Kaia Sand
April 10, 2020
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Illustration of tall books that make up a library building. A park bench sits empty outside, next to an empty street.

COVID-19 through a literary lens

FINDING FRINGE | My conversations with librarians have been the bright line in a ‘world of words’
By
Paul K. Haeder
March 31, 2020
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Mari

At Street Roots, we work through tough times with hope and grace

DIRECTOR’S DESK | As we confront this pandemic, we continue to look toward our best future
By
Kaia Sand
March 27, 2020
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The eye of Benjamin Franklin on a hundred dollar bill

Business interests fighting Metro tax for homeless services are short on the facts

COMMENTARY | Their real goal may be to stop us from making them pay their fair share
By
Mary King
March 21, 2020
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Coronovirus Action Team members in the Street Roots office

We are suspending our print edition, but our mission still guides us

In these extraordinary times, we’re working to stop the spread of coronavirus
By
SR editorial board
March 20, 2020
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Illustration

The world ended as I knew it, but people live on

COMMENTARY | I choose to stumble onward no matter what the terrain
By
Dustin Dandliker
March 13, 2020
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Senior with hands folded

Protecting older adults from coronavirus means talking about senior poverty

COMMENTARY | Many seniors can’t afford an unexpected health crisis
By
Marisa Espinoza
March 13, 2020
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Vendors take supplies and COVID-19 information to the streets

DIRECTOR'S DESK | Accustomed to getting the news out, they are becoming the media in a new way — by word of mouth
By
Kaia Sand
March 12, 2020
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Raven Drake

Street survival in the age of coronavirus

DIRECTOR'S DESK | It's all-hands-on-deck when it comes to hygiene support
By
Kaia Sand
March 6, 2020

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