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A group of people hold signs supporting reproductive rights

Opinion | With Trump appointing anti-abortion judges, the fight for reproductive freedom is critical

Planned Parenthood PAC of Oregon’s director urges Oregonians to remain united against the White House’s harmful policies

Emily McLain

August 10, 2020

Artwork of Quanice Hayes leans against the rail by the river.

Kaia Sand | Carry forward nightly demands in the daylight of work and policy

OPINION | Reimagine Oregon offers a roadmap to justice we can all follow

Kaia Sand

August 7, 2020

Federal law enforcement create a barrier with Portland Police Bureau on July 21 in downtown Portland amid protests over police brutality.

Opinion | We must challenge militarism in efforts to defund police

U.S. defense spending and the resulting militarization of our nation’s police forces dwarf investments in actual needs, such as housing and social services

Martin Hart-Landsberg

August 6, 2020

Kaia Sand | Roll the presses! Street Roots is returning, and you can pay with Venmo

Starting Aug. 12, readers will have a cashless option for purchasing the newspaper from vendors, who will all be trained in new health and safety protocols

Kaia Sand

July 31, 2020

Wall of Mom protesters line up, wearing protective masks and yellow shirts, some of which say: Summoned Mama. One protester holds a sign that says: Go Home U Are Fucking Grounded!

Opinion | Portland has the Wall of Moms. Argentina has Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo.

The U.S. government’s use of force against protesters — and the mothers who are fighting it — bears unmistakable resemblance to Argentina’s Dirty War

Anna Pedersen

July 29, 2020

A protester holds a sign: I stand with our Black relatives #BLM

Opinion | What #NotYourMascot owes #BLM

Native American activism laid the groundwork for the Washington Football Team’s name change, but it wouldn’t have happened without Black Lives Matter

Jacqueline Keeler

July 28, 2020

Street Roots Podcast | Sharon Meieran on the Black Lives Matter protests

Episode 9: The Multnomah County commissioner and ER doctor talks about bearing witness and the health hazards of police tactics

DeVon Pouncey

July 24, 2020

Kaia Sand | The flywheel has flown off the handle

OPINION | Reflecting on the poetry of Daniel Cox and its reverberations through these difficult times

Kaia Sand

July 24, 2020

Opinion | Betty Kamikawa sees potential where others see lost cause

FINDING FRINGE | Helping the disenfranchised through a housing crisis, Kamikawa brings authenticity to small town politics

Paul K. Haeder

July 17, 2020

Kaia Sand | Counting unhoused people in the 2020 Census is crucial

OPINION | Under the direction of Street Roots staffer Mallory Smith, our vendors are helping unhoused people take the Census

Kaia Sand

July 17, 2020