Opinion | Each year, Street Roots takes a pause from its normal production cycle in order to look back upon the greatest hits of its recent coverage Welcome to the first edition of the Street Roots Spring 2024 Anthologies! Each year, Street Roots takes a ...
10 Apr 2024 - Marjorie Skinner
Director’s Desk | From an office chair, to a coffee station your contribution can help us open our dream space You may have been following our efforts to find and renovate a new, permanent building for Street Roots over the past few years. Kaia Sand is th ...
3 Apr 2024 - Kaia Sand
Street Smart Economics | We need leaders who will steer toward a more inclusive, prosperous and sustainable economy Most seats on our City, County and Metro boards are up for grabs this year. County and Metro races could be decided in the May primary. We ...
27 Mar 2024 - Mary King
Opinion | The renowned firm committed $330,000 of services to realize a new building for Street Roots Nearly five years ago, Holst Architecture principal and owner Dave Otte made a promise to Street Roots. Once we found a building to support our ever-expa ...
20 Mar 2024 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | It needs to be fixed, but for now, ‘kick it forward’ If you are one of the 100 richest people in the state, you’ll receive an average of $800,000 from the Oregon surplus credit, known as the “kicker.” Kaia Sand is the executive director ...
6 Mar 2024 - Kaia Sand
Street Smart Economics | In the throes of climate crisis, corporations are gambling with our lives The World Meteorological Organization has declared 2023 “the warmest year on record, by a huge margin.” Annual global carbon emissions also hit a new high, ...
21 Feb 2024 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Opinion | Led by artist Cole Reed, vendors repurpose furniture for the new location The end of the renovation project was in sight — until it wasn’t. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. That’s because whe ...
21 Feb 2024 - Kaia Sand
Director’s Desk | Culminating gift of $27,000 honors co-founder’s mother A Street Roots reader spotted a vendor and quickly stopped to buy a newspaper on the way to an appointment — that is a familiar scenario. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Stree ...
14 Feb 2024 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Oregon labor sees at least five union wins, six new campaigns or election filings and five labor actions Last year was another significant year for Oregon’s labor movement. According to Street Roots’ prior reporting, in 2023 Oregon workers filed ...
7 Feb 2024 - Aurora Biggers
Opinion | It’s an act of bad faith to pit the Portland Street Response against the Portland Fire Bureau If budgets are how a city demonstrates its values, city leadership must show it values Portland Street Response. Kaia Sand is the executive director of ...
5 Feb 2024 - Kaia Sand