Each idea brings controversy with it, but none will solve all of Portland's housing issues Time and again, despite the rhetoric, we are reminded that homelessness is not a one-dimensional issue. It is the byproduct of the unlimited combinations of ec ...
28 Jul 2016 - Street Roots
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8 Dec 2015 - Street Roots
Banksy’s dystopian creation might be the most depressing place on Earth (photos) Britain’s newest theme park, “Dismaland,” is now open, with a decrepit castle, a merry-go-round horse set to be cooked and model boats on a pool full of refugees, all courte ...
17 Sep 2015 - Paul Sandle
The death penalty mitigation specialist talks about her work in this installment of Nothing More Hopeful Ellen Rogers, a tall woman with straight, shoulder length red hair and clear green eyes, greets me at the door of her snug home on a quiet residential ...
17 Sep 2015 - Victoria Lewis
Frances Fagan, who has spent a lot of time in waiting rooms at social services agencies, aims to transform similar spaces into therapeutic environments. Frances Fagan isn’t the average student, but she is paving the way for the average student to reach su ...
6 Aug 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
A look inside the Seattle community of Tent City 3, established years ago by people experiencing homelessness and sanctioned by the city Tent cities — organized and run by people experiencing homelessness — are becoming de facto living options in times of ...
29 Jul 2015 - Street Roots
Oregon’s agency responsible for monitoring water polluters hopes added positions will help it catch up on expired permits Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) grabbed the lifeline it sorely needed when legislators approved a $1.5 million pac ...
28 Jul 2015 - Emily Green
Author’s argument against capital punishment is compassionate and thought-provoking, but could go deeper If you’re going to put somebody to death for a crime, you’d want to be sure they’d committed it, right? Yet prisoners, guards, chaplains, lawyers and ...
26 Jul 2015 - Mike Wold
Pop star Beck contributes to a celebrity series of letters to younger versions of themselves for street papers worldwide. Beck talks about the “insanity” of public life, the hard times of his teenage years — and a life-changing trip to London. When I was ...
25 Jul 2015 - Beck
Despite veterans’ access to vouchers and funding, finding landlords willing to rent to them has been a challenge With approximately 360 Portland-area veterans still in need of housing, city and county officials are pleading with landlords to consider taki ...
24 Jul 2015 - Emily Green