COMMENTARY | Tagging something 'abusive' implies wrongfulness and willfulness "What’s in a name?” Juliet muses from the balcony. “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare raises a good point: Most things are not fundament ...
26 May 2016 - Jason Renaud an...
How we deal with health care is too political, says National Health Care for the Homeless Council's keynote speaker Depending on where a person lives, or if he or she is white, black or another race or ethnicity, or if they are impoverished – their h ...
24 May 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Effects of not receiving adequate care can be devastating for transgender people Hours after the Obama administration’s May 13 announcement that public schools must allow transgender students to use bathrooms corresponding to their gender identity, the ad ...
24 May 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Lozier is the leader of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, which is holding its national conference in Portland The fact that safe, stable and affordable housing is an essential factor for a person’s good health is increasingly acknowledge ...
23 May 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
New evidence could influence decision to exonerate The Portland Police Bureau's error in supplying the Citizen Review Committee with the wrong set of protocols may have influenced its decision to exonerate one of the bureau’s officers. The officer ...
20 May 2016 - Emily Green
Art Rios will be honored at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council's national conference in Portland Art Rios has long been a visible member of downtown Portland’s homeless population and an outspoken advocate for people experiencing homel ...
19 May 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Tina came out with her true self two years ago Honor is everything for Tina Drake. “It’s just the way I live my life,” Tina said. “(It means) dignity, kindness, keeping yourself honest. It’s a big thing with me.” Tina follows her sense of honor when she s ...
19 May 2016 - Leonora Ko
As other states move to defelonize drug possession, Oregon still has harsh marijuana laws on the books. Drug Policy Alliance’s Ellen Flenniken discusses drug reform in our state and worldwide. Ellen Flenniken grew up in the small, rural town of Brenham, a ...
19 May 2016 - Emily Green
It’s that love that carries us through Nearly 18 months ago, Street Roots set out to go from a biweekly to a weekly publication schedule. No easy task. The goal was twofold: One was to give vendors selling the newspaper a stable income to support their q ...
19 May 2016 - Israel Bayer