DIRECTOR’S DESK | The police killing of Robert Delgado was among a national spate of such killings since the Chauvin trial began Her brother loved making people laugh. “He was always cracking jokes. Extremely dramatic. Every time he told you a story he wa ...
21 Apr 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Reflecting on the Derek Chauvin trial, the Word Is Bond executive director says that if things are going to change, white people and police need to do the work Lakayana Drury is the executive director at Word Is Bond. I consider myself a Black o ...
20 Apr 2021 - Lakayana Drury
TRANSFORMING JUSTICE | Members of the coalition that created House Bill 2002 explain why the system must change Oregon’s public safety and criminal justice systems have worked for some, but they haven’t worked for all of us. These are systems built within ...
13 Apr 2021 - Shannon Wight
OPINION | The city deserves praise for placing portable toilets around town, but it's drawn ire — with one police officer reportedly assisting in a sabotage effort Hand washing and hygiene are essential to preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Bo ...
4 Nov 2020 - Kaia Sand
To heal, American cities can start with an area that was key to past discrimination: how land is used American cities represent part of the nation’s long and grim history of discrimination and oppression against Black people. They can also be part of the ...
7 Oct 2020 - Mark Roseland and Christopher Boone
COMMENTARY | ‘Surviving police brutality is a different type of trauma known to an endless number of Black people,’ Street Roots staffer Sophie Maziraga writes My first encounter with the protests following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapoli ...
10 Jun 2020 - Sophie
DIRECTOR’S DESK | As we confront this pandemic, we continue to look toward our best future There’s nothing incremental about this moment. At Street Roots, we’ve developed a theory of action: When we solve for one problem, we also solve for something else ...
27 Mar 2020 - Kaia Sand
COMMENTARY | Many seniors can’t afford an unexpected health crisis This week, Oregon’s governor followed Washington and California in declaring a state of emergency, allowing the Oregon Health Authority to deploy additional staff and resources to respond ...
13 Mar 2020 - Marisa Espinoza
DIRECTOR'S DESK | Accustomed to getting the news out, they are becoming the media in a new way — by word of mouth Street Roots vendors are hitting the trails to deliver accurate information about COVID-19 to other unhoused people. Accustomed to getti ...
12 Mar 2020 - Kaia Sand
COMMENTARY | Today, it’s Trump’s ban on immigrants who need assistance, but medical injustice for people of color has roots 155 years deep On Jan. 27, the United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 to approve the Trump administration’s “public charge” law, als ...
7 Feb 2020 - Helen Hill