SR receives three first place awards from Society of Professional Journalists Street Roots received three first place, and one, second place award this weekend from Oregon/Southwest Washington Society of Professional Journalists. Amanda Waldroupe took fir ...
24 May 2010 - Street Roots
Motel limbo- some of Portland’s motels hide a troubling side to homelessness From the August 24 edition of Street Roots The first thing you notice when you enter Tiffany Shepard and Patricia Schafer’s motel room is the darkness, especially in contrast to ...
2 Sep 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Thanks to all of you who wrote in about our vendors lately. We’ve known how great they are for years, and it’s good to hear it from their customers, too. So, if you haven’t talked to your vendor lately, you’ve got a great reason to swing by ...
20 Aug 2009 - Street Roots
City bails on funding Visions Into Action- PSU picks up the slack (Kerfala Bangoura ("Fana") performs outside City Council Chambers as audience members file in to testify on behalf of the Visions Into Action program.) The City Council hearing on ...
10 Jun 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Quick! Grab your Street Roots and head to the park! Summer time is here and it always seems to vanish before we really get to enjoy it. Your vendor knows it too, and they all have their summer sales hats on, with new papers in hand starting ...
28 May 2009 - Street Roots
Sending out an S.O.S. Police, shelter workers and advocates work to piece together a month long pattern of violence By Rebecca Robinson Contributing Writer On a recent Friday afternoon at Sisters of the Road Café on Northwest Davis Street, women shared th ...
1 May 2009 - Street Roots
Are we stimulated yet? We know the stakes are big- nearly $800 billion in stimulus money, more than $80 million headed to Oregon for housing and community services alone, just over $4 million pledged to Portland for homelessness prevention, with potential ...
19 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
Positive Negatives: Women in Portland's sex industry document the world around them in a new photo exhibit By Rebecca Robinson Contributing Writer Beer bottles reflecting the sunlight off a bar window. A pair of fixed-gear bikes, chained together to ...
5 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Holy Moly! Street Roots turns 10! And we want to celebrate with you! Step one: Pick up a copy of the new edition of Street Roots and read all about our development over the years, and opportunities for getting involved and supporting the Roo ...
19 Feb 2009 - Street Roots