Welcome to Street Roots’ 2014-15 annual report. What an amazing and historic year. In January, after three years of planning and community support, Street Roots doubled its publication schedule to weekly. By going weekly we have been able to give vendors ...
17 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer
Bryan Pollard, now executive editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, says Native American media are 'struggling for a free press' Bryan Pollard is the executive editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, a monthly publication based in Tahlequah, Okla. Pollard is ...
3 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer
Tent cities might not be popular, but they're a lot more effective than doing nothing It’s time for the city and county to support scaling up the tent city model in our region. Being able to find a permanent location for Right 2 Dream Too on the east ...
3 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer
In the middle of the housing debate, we find both a bustling city and a city filled with human suffering People experiencing homelessness having sex in a doorway in downtown Portland. A camp full of bicycle parts. A group of people getting high or shootin ...
27 Aug 2015 - Israel Bayer
Portland has left us with an amazing and troubled legacy I had the pleasure of being asked to read a short eulogy, along with other longtime Portlanders, this past week at a funeral for Old Portland. The funeral was held to pay respects to a Portland th ...
20 Aug 2015 - Israel Bayer
Portlanders can help support social change in their everyday lives by supporting minority-owned businesses There are a lot of ways to support an equity agenda in Portland — one of the ways is by supporting minority owned businesses, or frequenting places ...
13 Aug 2015 - Israel Bayer
Readers have a chance to support both Street Roots and What’s the Scoop? for continuing to make a brave stand and doing what’s right for our community What do Street Roots, Planned Parenthood and What’s the Scoop? ice cream all have in common? We all supp ...
30 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer
Michael Votta passed away on Portland’s streets last week. He was an artist and a friend to many people, inside and out. For many, Michael’s life represents the failure of a system to help thousands of people suffering to find stability and housing. They ...
16 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer
The Portland Business Alliance took out a full-page ad in today’s Oregonian with the headline, “We can do better than this.” The ad goes on to say, “Our city is experiencing a crisis on our streets and in our parks. Everyday thousands of people sleep in o ...
15 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer
In many ways this legislative session was a success, especially when you think about just how far to the right the rest of our country continues to be on social justice issues. Creating policy that gives hard-working Oregonians time off for sick leave, tr ...
10 Jul 2015 - Israel Bayer