The Urban League of Portland urges City Council to enact bold anti-displacement measures Portland’s African-American community knows well that the repeated displacement of our people from their homes and neighborhoods is not an accident. It is the result ...
1 Oct 2015 - Tameka Taylor and Bruce Poinsette
Partnership for Safety and Justice and our allies made important legislative progress in the area of smarter public safety Each legislative session has its own unique feel, but few people at the Capitol could have anticipated the roller-coaster ride of Or ...
6 Aug 2015 - Shannon Wight
Native Oregonian Nkenge Harmon Johnson on the city and ULPDX's past, present and future Nkenge Harmon Johnson’s legal and political career has taken her from her Pacific Northwest home across the United States and back again. A graduate of the Trinit ...
30 Jun 2015 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
Nkenge Harmon Johnson and Katie Sawicki, of the Urban League of Portland, share insights about the latest State of Black Oregon report June 2015: Last month, the Urban League of Portland released the State of Black Oregon 2015, the second iteration in its ...
30 Jun 2015 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
If homelessness, housing and wages are any indicator of how much Black Lives Matter in Portland — then we are failing, badly. The latest 2015 Multnomah County Homeless Count was released in early June. If homelessness, housing and wages are any indicator ...
29 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer
Diverse interests come together to support the state’s promising program for criminal justice reform On May 14, Oregon’s Office of Economic Analysis released its March 2015 quarterly review of the state’s economic health. (You can read the entire report, ...
25 May 2015 - Shannon Wight
With legalized marijuana on the books, Oregon lawmakers now consider a landmark bill that would help people with marijuana convictions on their records When Scott Mulgrew was 18 and attending high school in Spokane, he got pulled over for speeding in a sc ...
28 Mar 2015 - Christen McCurdy
Street Roots recently asked civic leaders around Portland, “How does supporting people in poverty help our community?” The project was inspired by the #MyHomePDX campaign on Twitter, recently launched by Street Roots and allies to talk about homelessness ...
1 Jan 2014 - Street Roots Staff
‘Unemployed need not apply’ ads targeted by state lawmakers By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Need a job to get a job? According to some companies, that’s how it works, and it is perfectly legal. Even as the unemployment rate languishes between 8 and 9 pe ...
24 Feb 2012 - Street Roots