Oregon’s affordable housing on the edge of the fiscal cliff By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Sequestration. It sounds like an invasive medical procedure. In a way it is, and it’s about to be performed on the entire country unless Congress acts fast. In Portla ...
30 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
Defending Rachel Corrie: Her parents keep marching on by Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Olympia, Wash. is an “All-American City,” according to the sign that greets visitors. It’s also the hometown of Rachel Corrie, who has had a street named after her in Iran ...
16 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
Ellen Rosenblum and the new DOJ By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Ellen Rosenblum had some high-profile shoes to fill when she was sworn in as Oregon’s first female attorney general earlier this summer. She completes the term of John Kroger, the Enron-trial he ...
30 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Wee, the people: facing the facts about basic needs By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Jack Sim is the head of the WTO. Not that WTO; the World Toilet Organization, a global group that seeks to address an issue that might not even be an after thought for many, ...
21 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
Where wisdom sleeps: Chronicling addiction and recovery on the streets By Jake Thomas, Staff writer Between 2005 and last year, Linda Ross Swanson began making regular trips to Backspace in Old Town. But she wasn’t going there for a cup of coffee or to se ...
6 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
The Oregon Supreme Court considers the practices of MERS By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Ivan Hooker built his own home in Jacksonville, a town outside Medford in Southern Oregon, 20 years ago with his own hands. He raised four kids there and built a busines ...
9 May 2012 - Street Roots
People will be talking about it: the police, the charter commission and the work to be done By Jake Thomas, Staff writer A common pattern often emerges after a citizen dies at the hands of police. There is public rage. The city promises reform, and then t ...
15 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
Candidate interview: Mark White by Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Mark White isn’t quite sure how many city boards, committees and commissions he’s served on over the years (he estimates that it’s a couple dozen), but is hoping to add one more to his resume: ...
18 Jan 2012 - Street Roots
Mayoral candidate Jefferson Smith talks to Street Roots By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer Jefferson Smith hopes to make history next year by becoming the first mayor to come from east of 82nd Avenue. Since 2008, Smith has represented part of East Portland in t ...
5 Jan 2012 - Street Roots
Mayoral candidate Eileen Brady talks with Street Roots By Jake Thomas Eileen Brady is perhaps best known for founding New Seasons Market with her husband Brian Rohter, a chain of stores that has drawn national attention for stocking its shelves with produ ...
8 Dec 2011 - Street Roots