Gretchen Kafoury passed away of natural causes on Friday, March 13 at the age of 72. Like others, Street Roots was sad to hear the news, and overcome with emotion to not only honor, but to carry on her work. To say that Oregon lost a great leader seems in ...
19 Mar 2015 - SR editorial board
TriMet's IPTs are an example of regulations used to disproportionately target low-income people, immigrants and people of color TriMet – our region’s flagship public transportation system – provides an esssential service in our community. In addition ...
10 Mar 2015 - SR editorial board
Oregon has a proud history of protecting its wildlife and natural resources. We also have significant environmental problems. The latter is particularly frustrating when the best intentions are left to languish under the weight of an underfunded bureaucra ...
25 Feb 2015 - SR editorial board
In his State of the City address, delivered last week before City Club of Portland, Mayor Charlie Hales talked about spending the past two years “righting the ship.” Financially, the city is stronger than it has been for several years, with commissioners ...
6 Feb 2015 - SR editorial board
Despite the 24-hour nonstop work ethic of this digital age, employees aren’t machines. They have families, children, unexpected life events and sometimes they get sick. Unfortunately, too many in our workforce are unable to take a day or two away from wor ...
30 Jan 2015 - SR editorial board
In a time when prison reform looks to be gaining momentum in Oregon and around the country, Multnomah County, one of the nation’s most liberal counties, is headed in the wrong direction. As reported by Street Roots earlier this month (“Captive consumers,” ...
23 Jan 2015 - SR editorial board
First, let’s preface what we’re about to say with a commonly accepted generality: The economy is improving. Second, consider how much more glaring that generality makes the latest study on how much taxpayers are subsidizing the miserly habits of corporati ...
16 Jan 2015 - SR editorial board
A new report released last week by the City Club of Portland outlines the challenges and opportunities our community faces concerning homelessness and health care reform. The report found what many advocates have argued for years, that one of the greatest ...
9 Jan 2015 - SR editorial board
Welcome to the inaugural weekly edition of Street Roots! Man y people have asked us how going weekly would change our editorial content. In a way, it won’t change at all. Our aspiration has always been to cover a wide variety of issues important to Oregon ...
31 Dec 2014 - SR editorial board
One hundred million dollars: It’s an impressive number. Indeed, Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposed budget is in some ways a milestone of public commitment to funding affordable housing for the state’s impoverished families. For the first time, the state is co ...
6 Dec 2014 - SR editorial board