As a community resource for ideas and dialogue, Street Roots encourages people to share thoughts and opinions on its social media sites. And as such, some guidelines are necessary to ensure an engaging conversation. Street Roots does not agree with or end ...
1 Jan 2017 - Street Roots
Siting a mass shelter at the vacant jail would be nothing short of warehousing the poor far, far away When one advocate brought a petition to Street Roots and others in the community hoping to gather public support for the Wapato Jail, an empty facility i ...
7 Jan 2016 - SR editorial board
Advocate and author Ai-Jen Poo says domestic workers are an integral yet overlooked facet of the nation’s economy Domestic workers make up a sort of “shadow economy” in the United States. These people, who provide child care, senior care, house cleaning a ...
31 Dec 2015 - Aaron Burkhalter
Actor discusses the personal experiences that inspired him to write the film ‘Shelter’ I didn’t start off wanting to make a film about homelessness. I wanted to direct a movie, and then thought I might rather like to make one about judgment. I have this w ...
31 Dec 2015 - Paul Bettany
COMMENTARY | He spent a lifetime fighting for Native Americans and their home “I don’t believe in magic. I believe in the sun and the stars, the water, the tides, the floods, the owls, the hawks flying, the river running, the wind talking. They’re measure ...
31 Dec 2015 - Stephen Quirke
COMMENTARY | City Commissioner Dan Saltzman is proud of work done in 2015 A week ago, the Portland Business Alliance came into my office with one of its members. This member had a building downtown that he would be selling in the coming months, but the bu ...
31 Dec 2015 - Dan Saltzman
Urban Greenspaces Institute founder says cities, nature can coexist Nature is a part of Portland. The city has one of the densest urban canopies in the country. Nearly every neighborhood has at least one park. People can hit the trails and see wildlife af ...
31 Dec 2015 - Amanda Waldroupe
Krystal says Street Roots provides structure, helps her stay clean Krystal Jordan has strong women in her life and is becoming a strong and wise woman herself. It has been a long journey. “I was born and raised in Portland,” Krystal said. “I didn’t exactl ...
31 Dec 2015 - Leonora Ko
‘Ban the box,’ criminal record expungement and other laws take effect Jan. 1, 2016 Several significant changes to Oregon’s criminal justice system were signed into law during the 2015 legislative session and become effective Jan. 1. A ban on police profil ...
31 Dec 2015 - Emily Green
Organization’s success depends on relationships, community Street Roots is celebrating the first anniversary of being a weekly publication. Only the fourth street newspaper around the globe to be a weekly publication, we are proud of the work we have been ...
31 Dec 2015 - Israel Bayer