By Lisa Frack, Contributing Columnist A concerned coalition of Portlanders is calling on city hall to solve a community problem with a simple solution that benefits everyone involved: allow all workers in the city to earn paid sick time while working. And ...
17 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
U.S. Representative for Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, Suzanne Bonamici talks about her expectations for the coming year By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer U.S. Representative for Oregon’s 1st Congressional District, Suzanne Bonamici, is a leader who is ...
14 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots editorial The City has signaled that many community organizations and others serving Portland citizens are in for some hard times. From neighborhood groups to cycling and walking advocates, to homeless and housing services and after-school pr ...
14 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
John Perkins used to sell predatory loans to developing nations. Now he’s urging business leaders to redefine profit By Alex Becker Contributing Writer John Perkins used to be an insider, so he’s seen it all before. In the 1970s he worked as a chief econo ...
13 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
by Israel Bayer, staff writer What we call the February fake-out at Street Roots will no doubt happen again this year. That time of year when the sun pokes through clouds and you realize that there is actually a blue sky. For a moment, we collectively thi ...
13 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot Contributing Writer Watching him sell Street Roots outside of the Hawthorne New Seasons, one can easily understand how Abraham V. became the top Street Roots vendor of December 2012. With a jacket and hat as his only guard against t ...
12 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Rob Sadowsky, Contributing Columnist The following is the second in a two-part article. This first part outlined a set of guiding principles for Healthy Streets and was published here. This piece offers specific implementation solutions. Now that the s ...
11 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Journeyman Jim Page talks about music, activism and today’s political climate by Sue Zalokar, staff writer Hailing from the Bay area in California and making Seattle his home for the last four decades, Jim Page is an iconic storyteller with a heart that b ...
11 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer “No Section 8.” It’s just one line at the end of a Craigslist or newspaper ad, but these three words can prevent some of Oregon’s poorest and most vulnerable people from obtaining much-needed housing. Now a politician who has ...
8 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
You may know your vendor in Portland, but did you know that he or she is one of tens of thousands of vendors around the globe, working their way out of homelessness and poverty with newspapers papers just like Street Roots. Here are a few of the faces fro ...
7 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff