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Emma Nathanson

Articles by Emma Nathanson

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    Austin sits on a bench, giving a thumbs-up signal, surrounded by folding tables, kitchen supplies and tarps.

    Houseless young people have banded together in SW Portland

    Under an overpass near Bertha Boulevard is a small village of youths, who are grateful for the help they're receiving from their neighbors
    By
    Emma Nathanson
    June 9, 2021
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    Max McEntire holds keys to his apartment

    A Street Story | Max finds a home

    ‘I like it inside, and I’m so warm. I was cold out in the tent.’
    By
    Emma Nathanson
    April 28, 2021
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    People use garden tools in the forest

    8 ways to get involved in Portland-area Earth Day events

    Connect with communities doing climate justice work
    By
    Emma Nathanson
    April 14, 2021
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    Taji Chesimet speaks into a microphone

    Gen Z activists are raising their voices

    Even as schools shut their doors during the pandemic, Portland youths have continued their push for social justice
    By
    Emma Nathanson
    April 7, 2021
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    Max and Deanna

    A Street Story | Deanna finds an apartment

    ‘The whole objective the whole time was to get her off the sidewalk,’ says her husband, Max
    By
    Emma Nathanson
    February 10, 2021
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    Deedra Martin and daughter Ellie wearing masks

    Community steps up amid COVID-19, but many families remain in ‘survival mode’

    Even as Impact NW ramps up rent relief and other assistance to keep people housed, the debt for past-due rent continues to accumulate
    By
    Emma Nathanson
    December 30, 2020
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    A live turkey is seen through a cardboard box (photo illustration)

    Thanksgiving looks different this year for people on the streets

    As sit-down feasts are substituted with takeout boxes, many of Portland’s unhoused residents will be denied an important holiday tradition: human connection
    By
    Emma Nathanson Joanne Zuhl
    November 25, 2020

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