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Wall Street speculators and the loss of affordable housing

COMMENTARY | Investment giants are inflating Portland housing prices, a local expert argues

Mary King

September 13, 2019

SR editorial: Lighting the fire for real public-records advocacy

The resignation of Oregon’s first public-records advocate is a wake-up call. We need transparency.

SR editorial board

September 13, 2019

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Spread the word about Street Roots: Share your photos!

DIRECTOR’S DESK | Snap a picture of the newspaper for a chance to win – and to support Street Roots vendors

Kaia Sand

September 6, 2019

Student homelessness that touches close to home

DIRECTOR’S DESK | My grandmother’s story resonates today

Kaia Sand

August 30, 2019

To confront the housing crisis, it is time to think big

DIRECTOR’S DESK | The homeless numbers are big. The geographic scope of the crisis is big. And the investment required of us is big. Our vision must be, too.

Kaia Sand

August 23, 2019

Will privilege become extinct? Or will humanity?

COMMENTARY | In a culture that favors me for positions of power just because of my skin color and gender, I am ready to be a follower instead

Dustin Dandliker

August 16, 2019

Hospitality toward the poor: A not so novel idea

DIRECTOR'S DESK | The bigotry of the Trump administration’s immigration policy is on full display

Kaia Sand

August 16, 2019

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Urgent: Climate-driven migration demands local planning now

COMMENTARY | Portland is incapable of handling today’s homeless crisis; just imagine the future

Dan Newth

August 9, 2019

SR editorial: Multnomah County homeless numbers remain stable, but so do the causes

4,015 are experiencing homelessness, according to the 2019 Point In Time count; how are we going to fix this?

SR editorial board

August 2, 2019

Chris and David outside the Street Roots office in Old Town

A democracy that reaches the unhoused

DIRECTOR’S DESK | It’s only appropriate that the people who have a key stake in the new Portland Street Response are asked to participate in the process of designing it

Kaia Sand

July 26, 2019

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