Pets can be integral to surviving homelessness. Providing hope, connection and companionship in difficult circumstances. With a smile on her face, Julie holds her small dog close. They live together in a Portland shelter. “She is my life,” Julie said. “I ...
5 Jun 2024 - Ellen Clarke
Years-long community advocacy sees results and secures funding for improvements to the park Five years ago Mat Randol and Donovan Scribes formed a group, The Kidz Outside (TKO), with the purpose of advocating for much-needed improvements at George Park in ...
20 Mar 2024 - Ellen Clarke
2023 Point in Time count reveals 4,857 unsheltered women across Oregon Editor's note: This story contains descriptions of intimate partner violence. Alana’s friends warned her when she moved from Salem to Portland with her boyfriend. The couple had b ...
6 Mar 2024 - Ellen Clarke
A tragic fire brings the community together The brightly lit, colorful food carts at 7238 SE Foster Road contrasted cheerfully with the gray, rainy day when they reopened on Jan. 26. It's the first milestone in a much-longer recovery process, and the ...
21 Feb 2024 - Ellen Clarke
Futel manages 12 free public telephones in Portland — connecting people to services or simply having a chat Pay phones, like landlines, are mostly a thing of the past. Yet a rebuilt blue kiosk along Southeast César E Chávez Boulevard in Portland stands ou ...
7 Feb 2024 - Ellen Clarke
Lack of affordable housing, health care needs and a digital divide worsen conditions for homeless seniors Editor's note: This story discusses self-harm. In her late 50s, Laurie depended on $100 a month in food stamps while she lived in her car. She a ...
24 Jan 2024 - Ellen Clarke
An increasing number of older Oregonians end up on the streets while local and state initiatives seek to mend a faltering safety net The intersection of poverty and aging is a precarious place. This is the liminal space where homelessness and serious heal ...
3 Jan 2024 - Ellen Clarke
How PHAME creates room for Portlanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities to produce, challenge and advance their art The audience responded with a resounding standing ovation when Aaron Hobson sang “Psycho Killer" at the Tomorrow Theat ...
6 Dec 2023 - Ellen Clarke
While all but one book returned to some libraries after outcry, advocates, students unhappy with lesser acts of censorship Canby middle school students can no longer access “Out of Darkness,” a novel by Ashley Hope Pérez, at school. The novel exploring th ...
1 Nov 2023 - Ellen Clarke
Through haptics technology and a recent grant, the Portland nonprofit expands its mission to make music more accessible Nate Hergert, like other deaf or hard-of-hearing people, also referred to as DHH, has to feel music through vibrations. Hergert is the ...
11 Oct 2023 - Ellen Clarke