Words of wisdom from the pope, authors, entertainers and more Pope Francis in an interview with the International Network of Street Papers: "Jesus came into our world without a home, and he chose poverty. The church seeks to embrace us all and says t ...
23 Dec 2015 - Street Roots Staff
Highlights from a year of interviews “So, if we can reclaim the House in the election of 2014 and hold the Senate, then Harry Reid rolls back the filibuster, then we can get a lot done the last two years of the Obama presidency. That means we can’t sit ar ...
14 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Staff Reports In 1989, Portland’s Outside In, which provides varied services and health care to homeless youth and low-income communities, began a revolutionary needle exchange program. One of the first in the country to offer needle exchange, Outside In ...
10 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Safety net services for Portland’s poor and homeless faced down another season of funding cuts and emerge virtually intact in Mayor Charlie Hale’s budget, released this morning in City Hall. While federal cuts are still going to hit the city’s housing and ...
30 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
From sidewalks to social services, Charlie Hales talks about what to expect as he takes the reins as Portland’s new mayor By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer New Mayor Charlie Hales recently sat down with Street Roots to talk about the state of the city, and w ...
28 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Looking back on views and voices from our pages in the past year by Street Roots staff “We need a wider way to spread the conviction that moral ethics are really the basis of a happy life. This is true on an individual level as well as on a family, commun ...
8 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff