Not every crisis is a crime Endorse our plan for a new system of first responders – teams of firefighter-EMTs and peer support specialists with training in de-escalation who can respond with compassion to 911 calls about people struggling with homelessne ...
22 Mar 2019 - Street Roots
Highlights from some of our newsmakers of the past year January 5 Muhammad Yunus Nobel Peace Prize winner “When we were in caves, we were not sending job applications to anybody. We took care of ourselves and did that for hundreds of thousands of years. ...
28 Dec 2018 - Street Roots
Street Roots vendors pay tribute to Cherie through their writing Every Wednesday morning for three years, Cherie Manning helped a table of Street Roots vendors express their voices through creative writing. In 2013, when she applied to volunteer at Street ...
13 Apr 2018 - Street Roots
A sampling of some of our favorite conversations from the past year Jan. 20 Barney Frank Former congressman They’re going to make it easier for people to ignore our rights by saying religion trumps our rights. That’s what they are going to do. Feb. 10 ...
29 Dec 2017 - Street Roots
As a community resource for ideas and dialogue, Street Roots encourages people to share thoughts and opinions on its social media sites. And as such, some guidelines are necessary to ensure an engaging conversation. Street Roots does not agree with or end ...
1 Jan 2017 - Street Roots
A sampling of some of our favorite conversations from the past year Jan. 22 David Rogers Executive director of ACLU Oregon The politics of fear is being used to divide our communities. We need to remind ourselves of the strengths of being a country where ...
29 Dec 2016 - Street Roots
A series of columns for Street Roots about Measure 97 One of the most contentious issues on Oregon ballots this fall is a measure that would increase corporations' minimum tax when Oregon sales exceed $25 million, resulting in as much as $3 billion i ...
27 Oct 2016 - Street Roots
Each idea brings controversy with it, but none will solve all of Portland's housing issues Time and again, despite the rhetoric, we are reminded that homelessness is not a one-dimensional issue. It is the byproduct of the unlimited combinations of ec ...
28 Jul 2016 - Street Roots
Oregon Foster Youth Connection empowers youths to help develop policies and programs that improve the lives of foster kids Oregon Foster Youth Connection is a statewide, youth-led advocacy group of current and former foster youths ages 14 to 25. OFYC trai ...
7 Jul 2016 - Street Roots
Letter to the editor by Martha Gies Thanks Emily Green and Street Roots for a well-researched cover story about Measure 11 and its terrible impact on kids of color. Measure 11 gives the prosecution a claw hammer with which to bludgeon young defendants, by ...
7 Apr 2016 - Street Roots