Opinion | Stable housing is vital, but remains underfunded compared to policing Imagine a city in which some people have plenty, and some barely have anything at all. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. T ...
29 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand
Are body-worn cameras a remedy to police use of force or a really expensive way to record police assaults? In response to police violence against protestors in the summer of 2020 and the murder of George Floyd, the United States Department of Justice prop ...
28 Feb 2022 - Ariel Stone and Amanda Marshall
Take the Portland Street Response program out of the police union contact In June, amid immense public outcry surrounding the death of George Floyd and other Black Americans who have died at the hands of police, the Street Roots Editorial Board called for ...
17 Mar 2021 - SR editorial board
Since Aaron Campbell’s death, at least 20 people with mental health or substance problems have been killed by Portland police. Say their names. Members of the Mental Health Alliance will vote YES on Portland City Ballot Measure 26-217 to form a new and em ...
7 Oct 2020 - The Mental Heal...
U.S. defense spending and the resulting militarization of our nation’s police forces dwarf investments in actual needs, such as housing and social services The excessive use of force and killings of unarmed Black Americans by police has fueled a growing n ...
6 Aug 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | Resources should go to housing, mental health and addiction treatment outside of the criminal justice system Trump’s new zero-tolerance policy for immigrants is based on the idea that if a law exists it must be enforced 100 percent. In contra ...
6 Jul 2018 - Elliott Young a...
COMMENTARY | We should be turning away from ineffective and often deadly responses that place people in unfit institutions, such as jail or hospitals May is mental health awareness month, a time to consider one’s own mental health, the health of others, a ...
27 Apr 2018 - Meredith Mathis and Jason Renaud
Portland City Council demands better police accountability – and public input On Wednesday this week, Portland City Council made two important decisions regarding the city’s police force: One to move forward, the other to step back. Both were the right mo ...
11 Aug 2017 - SR editorial board
Given the breakdown in the relationship between city officials and the public, we need more than promises Unveiled only a few weeks ago, the new Portland police union contract was lambasted almost immediately for its secret negotiations and shortcomings – ...
13 Oct 2016 - SR editorial board
We have work to do to tackle many community problems, especially in the context of poverty Homelessness. Housing. Crisis. Those three words have become commonplace in our city over the past three years. It’s for good reason too. The skyrocketing rents a ...
25 Aug 2016 - Israel Bayer