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Kaia Sand | Street Roots vendors have a lot to teach about ‘Finding Joy in Chaos’

OPINION | Street Roots’ 2022 Holiday Zine provides readers with lessons, affirmations and challenges to common misconceptions

Kaia Sand

December 7, 2022

Opinion | Microtransit offers flexibility, convenience

Moving Forward | Drastically altered by the pandemic, transit agencies in some cities invested in minibusses. An opportunity to think creatively about transit options is here.

Henry Latourette Miller

December 7, 2022

Opinion | Wearing my heart on my t-shirt

Transforming Justice | Harm reduction practices and implementation take time and Oregonians are walking in the right direction

Andy Ko

November 30, 2022

Maddy Brown-Clark is wearing a face mask and glasses while she poses for the photo. She is holding newspapers.

Kaia Sand | Funding Street Roots means funding hope

OPINION | Street Roots’ winter fund drive is a critical time for the organization, homeless Portlanders and local journalism

Kaia Sand

November 30, 2022

Two people smile for a photo in front of a mural.

Kaia Sand | Multnomah County offers constructive contrast to mayor’s plans for mass camps

OPINION | The Behavioral Health Resource Center adds drop-in, showers, laundry and shelter

Kaia Sand

November 23, 2022

Trimet 19 bus drives down the street on a rainy day.

Opinion | TriMet Should eliminate fares, not increase them

Street Smart Economics | TriMet is moving in the wrong direction when many other cities and countries are implementing free transit with success

Mary King

November 22, 2022

Opinion l Mental Health Association of Portland tells City Council its plan for mass encampments is costly, inhumane and ineffective

The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes city of Portland’s camps for people who are homeless, as described in five resolutions passed by four of five City Council members

Mental Health Association of Portland

November 16, 2022

One person dispenses coffee into a cup to serve the other person waiting on the other side of a table.

Opinion | Lending a helping hand in Multnomah County

Street Roots’ newspaper and Rose City Resource team up to produce a Multnomah County winter resource guide

K. Rambo Sophie

November 16, 2022

A person speaks into a microphone addressing a crowd of seated people. A sign on the back wall of the room says "PCUN"

Opinion | A Black Oregonian looks back on the failure of ‘No On 9’ to address racism

While the ‘No on 9‘ committee successfully defeated the measure, it did not challenge the dominant white supremacy that persisted throughout the movement and society

Cecil Charles Prescod

November 9, 2022

A photo shows a tent and several people from the Rapid Resonse workers and Portland police conducting a sweep on West Burnside.

Opinion | Where Do People Go Once They’re Swept?

Access Denied | Sweeping Portlanders without viable alternatives isn’t a plan

Hanna Brooks Olsen

November 9, 2022

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