Christen McCurdy | Street Roots

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Christen McCurdy is a journalist in Portland. She has written for Willamette Week, the Portland Mercury, Oregon Arts Watch, Bitch and Pacific Standard and served as the news editor of The Skanner from 2015 to 2019. You can read her work at https://christenmccurdy.net/.

Articles by Christen McCurdy

Portland has laid out plans for new shelters, but numbers and locations remain elusive

Service providers say the new guidelines bring uncertainty as the city becomes more aggressive with sweeps of houseless camps

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Christen McCurdy

June 9, 2021
Block 14 at Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery will finally get its due

A long-sought memorial honoring hundreds of Chinese immigrants and people with mental illness whose graves were paved over is coming to fruition

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Christen McCurdy

May 26, 2021
Hundreds in Oregon still await new trials a year after Supreme Court ruled on non-unanimous juries

Citing racist origins, justices struck down Oregon's law allowing such convictions, but the state isn't applying the ruling retroactively

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Christen McCurdy

May 12, 2021
Having someone committed could become easier in Oregon

But mental health advocates critical of legislation that would roll back restrictions say the system needs a holistic fix

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Christen McCurdy

April 14, 2021
Number of homeless students at Portland Public Schools is down, but so is overall enrollment

Part of the decrease is attributed to less accurate counting while students are learning remotely

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Christen McCurdy

December 23, 2020
Amid the pandemic, Community Transitional School faces its biggest challenge

The Portland school, now in its third decade educating students experiencing homelessness, is working to keep students connected

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Christen McCurdy

December 2, 2020
New COVID-19 cases among Portland’s homeless population remain low

Officials attribute the flat numbers to emergency preparedness and good luck

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Christen McCurdy

November 4, 2020
Magic moment: Oregon could be first to legitimize psilocybin therapy

Measure 109 supporters anticipate ‘a huge societal shift’ if magic mushrooms are legalized for medical use

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Christen McCurdy

September 30, 2020
Passerby attacked by police during protest is suing Portland

Adam Allen was walking home from a bar when police knocked him down in North Portland, says tort claim

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Christen McCurdy

August 19, 2020
Multnomah County Elections Office confirms late delivery of ballots

But, according to the office’s director, the county — not USPS — is to blame

By
Christen McCurdy

August 14, 2020

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