There are many reasons why people rely on local media, and still many more why they rely on Street Roots. We are not just an engaging weekly news source; we are an income and advocate for hundreds of people experiencing poverty and homelessness in our cit ...
17 Sep 2015 - Joanne Zuhl
“ American Winter,” the documentary film about the trauma of modern poverty through the eyes of eight Portland families, has been nominated for an Emmy. The film originally aired on HBO, but it has been shown in theaters across the country and continues t ...
20 Aug 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
Voz Workers Rights Education Project, Portland’s day laborer organization, was recently faced with a difficult decision: Either pursue a promising $75,000 grant through the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, or forfeit the money and stay in solidari ...
15 Jul 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
Fear is big business, and managing that fear along our nation’s 5,000 border miles is a booming industry. Author Todd Miller has researched and written about immigration and border issues along our Canadian and Mexican boundaries for more than 15 years. H ...
23 Apr 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
Every few years, when Congress turns its watery eyes toward the nation’s subsidy-rich Farm Bill, it chomps hard on the bit that is food stamps. This year was no exception. Between the Democrat plans for $4 billion over 10 years, and the Republican goal of ...
13 Feb 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
Across Oregon, low-income families are adjusting to a little less, thanks to the national reduction in the food stamp program that went into effect Nov. 1. We haven’t seen the last of it. Lawmakers in Washington D.C. are currently threshing out two plans ...
18 Nov 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
Across the nation, suburbs now surpass cities and rural areas in the number of people living in poverty If you want to know what homelessness looks like in the 21st century, you have to look beyond the familiar hoods and urban alleys. You have to head out ...
5 Jul 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
Right 2 Dream Too, the homeless way station at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Burnside, will square off with city attorneys next week for perhaps the final round in their 20-month standoff. On July 11, a motion to dismiss by the city will be considered i ...
1 Jul 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
A conversation about the housing challenges and opportunities facing Oregon farmworkers Oregon employs between 90,000 and 150,000 farmworkers, not including their families. The precise numbers are difficult to establish year by year, because of the nature ...
5 Jun 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
A conversation with Portland’s Margaret Van Vliet on her charge to overhaul the state’s housing agency By Joanne Zuhl, Staff writer Oregon’s Housing and Community Services department is arguably not the most glamorous in state government. But it’s definit ...
20 May 2013 - Joanne Zuhl