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STREET ROOTS EDITORIALS

Street Roots editorials represent the opinion of the Street Roots organization and editorial board.

Articles by SR editorial board

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    Image of two white male hands shaking with dollar bills floating in the background

    Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on enabling campaign finance limits

    Ballot Measure 107 | With the nation’s democracy in peril, Oregonians can take a step toward restoring fair representation their state
    By
    SR editorial board
    October 14, 2020
  • Street Roots
    Cigarette butts in an ashtray

    Street Roots Endorsement | No on raising tobacco taxes

    Ballot Measure 108 | Increasing taxes on statistically-poor smokers during a collectively stressful time is not good policy
    By
    SR editorial board
    October 14, 2020
  • Street Roots
    Jar of dried magic mushrooms

    Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on legalizing psilocybin therapy

    Ballot Measure 109 | Psychedelic mushrooms are relatively safe and non-habit forming, people should be able to take them without fear of arrest
    By
    SR editorial board
    October 14, 2020
  • Street Roots
    Hands breaking free from handcuffs

    Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on decriminalizing personal drug possession and increasing treatment funding

    Ballot Measure 110 | While this measure isn’t perfect, the benefits to Oregonians that its passage will usher in should not be delayed
    By
    SR editorial board
    October 14, 2020
  • Street Roots
    a child does homework

    Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on universal preschool in Multnomah County

    Ballot Measure 26-214 | Subsidizing toddler education is the only way to make this critical step in youth development accessible to those who need it most
    By
    SR editorial board
    October 14, 2020
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    Portland police exit a vehicle parked on MAX tracks in downtown

    Street Roots Endorsement | Yes on creating a new system of police oversight

    Ballot Measure 26-217 | We’ve watched Portland police brutalize protesters, legal observers and journalists with impunity for months — it’s time to create a system that will hold them accountable for their actions
    By
    SR editorial board
    October 14, 2020
  • Street Roots
    Depictions of wildfires, homelessness, Black Lives Matter protests and a protective mask

    Editorial | Strengthened by empathy in a time of unprecedented urgency

    As tragedies unfold all around us, we cannot neglect one need without jeopardizing them all
    By
    SR editorial board
    September 23, 2020
  • Street Roots
    Ted Wheeler sits at a table

    Editorial | Portland needs clear leadership on police reform

    The mayor's response to the protests is underwhelming. It's time for city leaders to unite for meaningful change.
    By
    SR editorial board
    September 2, 2020
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    Woodrow Wilson High School exterior

    Editorial | We must eradicate racist symbols as we aspire to end white supremacy

    Oregon is covered in racist slurs and iconography, and we are all to blame
    By
    SR editorial board
    July 10, 2020
  • Street Roots

    SR Editorial: The people are speaking – the time to begin dismantling the police is now

    Portland should begin the process of transitioning to equitable emergency response and away from an oppressive system of violence that’s proven it’s unsalvageable
    By
    SR editorial board
    June 5, 2020

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