Social Justice | Street Roots

Illustration depicting a pig divided into sections labeled Trump, Animal Farm, Ukraine, Orwell, Fake News, Corruption

A twisted tale of authoritarianism, Orwell, Ukraine, fake news and Trump

‘Mr. Jones’ screenwriter Andrea Chalupa has family ties to Ukraine stretching from the 1930s famine to the Trump impeachment — with ‘Animal Farm’ and Soviet propaganda sprinkled in

Steven MacKenzie

February 7, 2020

Portrait of William Monroe Trotter and cover of the book "Black Radical"

William Monroe Trotter: A newspaper owner and a champion for equality | Book Review

In 'Black Radical,' Kerri K. Greenidge pays tribute to the early-20th-century editor and advocate

Joe Martin

February 7, 2020

Oregon bill would boost funding to programs for hard-to-reach homeless youths

‘These are kids that have been failed by every single system,’ says a Bend Republican who supports the $2.5 million plan

Joanne Zuhl

February 7, 2020

Holocaust poetry and the reclamation of many identities

For the people who were persecuted and murdered, the poetry they wrote was a way to reclaim their identity

Marian de Vooght

February 7, 2020

The racist foundation of American health care policy

COMMENTARY | Today, it’s Trump’s ban on immigrants who need assistance, but medical injustice for people of color has roots 155 years deep

Helen Hill

February 7, 2020

How do we prevent another generation of homelessness?

Displacement, school changes, racism and mental illness are among the risk factors plaguing today’s youths. The Next Generation, a new Street Roots series, explores issues like these and opportunities to respond.

Joanne Zuhl

January 31, 2020

Street Roots vendors remember Kobe Bryant

Their reactions to the death of the basketball superstar

DeVon Pouncey

January 31, 2020

Portland Police Chief Jami Resch: Her take on homeless response and the JTTF

The new police chief identifies some disadvantages to pulling out of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, and she discusses challenges police face surrounding homelessness

John Emshwiller

January 31, 2020