Mental health and criminal justice: Penny wise and definitely foolish By Chris O’Connor, Contrbuting Writer As an attorney working solely in indigent defense, I often see the terrible collision of mental health and the criminal justice system. Some of tho ...
20 Oct 2011 - Street Roots
A famous dad (Kurt Vonnegut) and an infamous mental illness by Julia Cechvala, Contributing Writer A few years before he died I had the pleasure of seeing Kurt Vonnegut speak to a sold-out crowd at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. I remember him say ...
29 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Will concerns about public safety help reform the Psychiatric Security Review Board? By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer As minimum security patients at the Oregon State Hospital, Matthew Kirby, 22, and a 40-year old man identified as “Emmanuel Goldstein” f ...
16 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Breakdown: Proposed budget cuts could drastically alter local services By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Homeless and low-income advocates, service providers, and policymakers were put on notice when the Republican-controlled — and Tea Party infused — Hou ...
28 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
Protesters say Gov's cuts sending us 'back to the 1970s' About 200 people rallied at noon today to protest Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s budget cuts to human services, saying the cuts will have a devastating effect on the state’s most vulnerable po ...
15 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Navigating the inequities of mental health system By Jenny Westberg, Contributing Columnist Keaton Otis died on May 12. We know police shot at him 32 times. We know the other victim, Officer Christopher Burley, and we know he’ll survive. We know so much a ...
15 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Hot stuff coming your way, and not just that sultry Mother Nature. The new Street Roots just went to press and will be on the streets Friday morning, cradled by the hardworking hands of your local neighborhood vendor. Give him or her a smile ...
8 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! One minute it’s warm and sunny, the next it’s cold, foggy and grey. It’s tough to know what to wear these days. But you always know what to read! And starting tomorrow, you’ll have a fresh copy of Street Roots to keep your mind warm and toas ...
18 Feb 2010 - Street Roots
Mental health care funds left behind in the recovery In February, Chris Bouneff got a phone call from a man whose wife has bipolar disorder. She had been managing it well with private health care, the caller said, but then the couple both lost their jobs, ...
19 Mar 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! In like a lion, as they say- March as definitely arrived! Why not celebrate this weekend with the latest edition of Street Roots, hot off the press and in your neighborhood vendor’s hands on Friday morning. Here’s what you will be enjoying s ...
5 Mar 2009 - Street Roots