When you realize the unique scale of not just American poverty, but American inequality in the 21st century, the fact that France doesn’t have it, Germany doesn’t have it, Canada doesn’t, Australia doesn’t. Even England, which is the closest to us in term ...
30 Dec 2014 -
Charles McGee III and I sit outside a coffee shop one late afternoon, but we are far from alone. We are interrupted multiple times by passersby who know him and can’t help but say hello. He greets each one like an old friend. “And how’s your mother doing? ...
22 Oct 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
It’s warm on this summer day in the Southeast Portland art gallery, but local artist Robert Collins stands unfazed — decked out in a slate blue three-piece suit complete with matching fedora. The sun streams through two walls of windows and lands on the o ...
22 Oct 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
-Number of children in 2012 who were uninsured in Oregon: 8,389-Number of children who were in poverty in 2012 in Oregon: 36,441-Percent of children in Multnomah County child welfare custody who are Native American: 21-High school graduation rate for Nativ ...
28 May 2014 - Street Roots Staff