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Kaia Sand | We should embrace ingenuity, not erase it

OPINION | Too often, the city of Portland does battle with communities like Hazelnut Grove rather than building from the leadership on the streets

Kaia Sand

January 27, 2021

Many people gathered around a pile of burning literature do a Nazi salute

Book review | As fascists cry censorship, a look back at Thomas Mann

‘Thomas Mann’s War’ by Tobias Boes chronicles the European anti-fascist, whose books were burned by Nazis

Joe Martin

January 20, 2021

Opinion | 48 years later, Roe v. Wade hangs by a thread

As we celebrate new leadership in Washington, D.C., and Salem, we know there is still much to be done to protect reproductive rights

Beverly Pearman

January 20, 2021

Kaia Sand | Ushering in a new era, together

OPINION | At Street Roots, people can enjoy coffee while watching the Biden-Harris inauguration through the window

Kaia Sand

January 20, 2021

Opinion | Get Wall Street out of Oregon’s forests

The Coast Range Association embraces the Green New Deal with a proposal for carbon sequestration

Chuck Willer

January 13, 2021

Opinion | Big corporations offered pandemic hazard pay — until customers stopped paying attention

STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Most ended the additional pay for frontline retail workers before July

Martin Hart-Landsberg

January 13, 2021

Tremaine Clayton wears a Portland Street Response T-shirt and a protective face mask

Editorial | Portland Street Response pilot should explore more options

Almost two years since Street Roots first proposed it, the program has launched. Now, there’s room for creativity to inform its development.

SR editorial board

January 13, 2021

Street Roots Podcast | Sen. Wyden: ‘Horrifying moment’ at Capitol was domestic terrorism

Episode 15: The Oregon Democrat, who will become the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, also talks about impeachment, social media regulation, an alternative to policing and more

DeVon Pouncey

January 12, 2021

Illustration of a wrecking ball shaped like the coronavirus striking a stone depiction of the back of a person's head

Opinion | The other pandemic: COVID-19 has elevated mental health concerns

The impacts on overall health outcomes should be monitored

Rupal Ramesh Shah

January 6, 2021

Opinion | Charging drivers to use roads can be equitable. Here’s how to guarantee it.

MOVING FORWARD | The argument that value pricing will make our transportation system less fair and accessible has been debunked

Henry Latourette Miller

January 6, 2021