Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl co-hosts We The People September 15, 2008 How do we restore our civil liberties? What would this country look like if habeas corpus was restored or if the FBI was restricted from spying on Americans? What does it mean to have a ...
15 Sep 2008 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Posted Nov. 26, 2008 The new Street Roots has all the fixin’s, served up with a side of friendly from your neighborhood vendor. Pick up a copy on Friday, and grab one for the barber shop while you’re at it. In this issue: A Boy’s Life: A pro ...
26 Nov 2008 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Posted Dec. 11, 2008 Give the gift of wisdom this holiday season with the latest edition of Street Roots! It’s a special section with wall-to-wall coverage that will make you look at affordable housing in a whole new light. It’s in the gentl ...
11 Dec 2008 - Street Roots
Financial crisis ripples through affordable housing corporations in Portland From the Dec. 12 special affordable housing edition, "In need of a new deal." In 1986, while the Reagan administration was busy slashing and burning its federal housing ...
24 Dec 2008 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Posted Jan. 22, 2009 So much news, so little time! But it only takes a minute to trade a buck for the finest collection of news and information assembled on 16 pages. Here’s what you’ll find in the new edition of Street Roots, available from ...
22 Jan 2009 - Street Roots
Helen Thomas: The First Lady of the White House press corps takes her seat for another term By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Helen Thomas has the reputation among journalists for asking the uncomfortable question – and fortunate for us her target is the Presi ...
9 Feb 2009 - Street Roots
Book Smarts It's time to get your summer reading list in order, and Street Roots has a few picks for you to consider. So we're starting Book Smarts- a bi-weekly profile of some of the hot options for you this summer. Summer, of course, being a s ...
9 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
Oregon gets a C for its homeless children The National Center on Family Homelessness ranks Oregon 26th- right in the middle of the pack- out of all the states for its extent and well-being of homeless children. Overall, the Center's report "Ame ...
10 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
Forum for the stimulus challenged Feeling like the only one in the room who doesn't fully understand the bazillion dollar stimulus package? Then take advantage of Oregon ON's Portland Public Forum, noon to 1:30 p.m., March 19 at New Genesis Comm ...
16 Mar 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