Vendors, readers make winter brighter Street Roots wants to take the time to give special thanks to all of our hard working vendors. It’s this time of the year that we call the “February freak out” at SR. We’re months into the rainy season and tensions ar ...
25 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times at the Portland Housing Bureau The past two years at the Portland Housing Bureau have seen some enormous changes, ranging from the merger of the Bureau and Housing and Community Development and portions ...
24 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Thinking outside the box: Solutions to Old Town Chinatown open drug problems By Israel Bayer The following is a short list of examples that could be used to detour and drive out drug dealing during the early morning rush hour, and throughout the day in Ol ...
11 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
On the left side of God: How politics and religion mix in the world of charitable giving By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer A 4-inch-square, 96-page booklet once was considered the embodiment of social justice and empowerment of the poor, and for years, its pub ...
22 Sep 2010 - Street Roots
BTA: Rolling forward Rob Sadowsky, Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s new director, looks ahead to the organization’s next 20 years By Israel Bayer Staff Writer The Bicycle Transportation Alliance is 20 years old this year. The organization has helped fost ...
2 Sep 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Relief is here! Not just the cooler weather, but also the new edition of Street Roots, practically smoking with the heat of the press on its pages. Help a vendor out and take one off his hands this weekend, and enjoy cool interviews and impo ...
19 Aug 2010 - Street Roots
Homelessness, by the book Understanding three decades of homeless-creating policy and what we can all do to change it By Israel Bayer and Monica Beemer It’s hard to cut through the never-ending news cycles that bombard us daily to deliver a message. If yo ...
28 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Hard rain’s gonna fall: What we’re losing in the state’s latest financial fallout By Israel Bayer, Amanda Waldroupe and Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writers Only weeks after Gov. Ted Kulongoski released his budget — the leveling off a $577 million deficit — the Dea ...
22 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Hot stuff coming your way, and not just that sultry Mother Nature. The new Street Roots just went to press and will be on the streets Friday morning, cradled by the hardworking hands of your local neighborhood vendor. Give him or her a smile ...
8 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Jefferson Smith’s view from the east By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer Jefferson Smith? Don’t know the name? You soon will. Smith is an Oregon representative for the House District 47 that encompasses East Multnomah County. His working-class district has seen ...
8 Jul 2010 - Street Roots