Editors at The Oregonian were thrilled this week to highlight the success of their outdated website by celebrating their 100,000 hateful comment. The comment was posted after The Oregonian reported that Amanda Fritz was actually a Socialist from England w ...
3 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
How the Cully neighborhood came together to turn sustainability into a poverty-fighting strategy By Donita Fry, Contributing Columnist Portlanders may be aware of the city’s reputation for being progressive, one that infuses sustainable theories and pract ...
27 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots was sad to see the Oregonian editorial board flip-flop on important legislation today for people experiencing poverty in Oregon. On June, 9, 2012 the Oregonian board supported the legislation put together by Kotek. "The best approach lon ...
27 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots editorial We need to get real about dental healthcare in Portland and around the state. We see these problems every single week at Street Roots. It’s mostly emergency circumstances that require a visit to the emergency room (ER). In many case ...
26 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
While other states reduce incarceration and crime, Oregon is on track to spend $600M on new prison space By Denise Welch and Sonny Lerma, Contributing Columnists This year, Oregon’s Legislature will examine whether to pass reforms that reduce our reliance ...
26 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
By Andy Smith and Alison McIntosh, Contributing Columnist On Monday, March 4, the co-chairs of the Ways and Means Committee in the State Legislature presented their budget for Oregon for the next two years. This is the beginning of the second step in the ...
22 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
An open letter to City Hall By Jennifer Brager, Housing Land Advocates Housing Land Advocates (HLA), a nonprofit organization, encourages land use policies supporting affordable housing and the development of sustainable communities. Our organization has ...
22 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Restoring state fund would provide emergency assistance for people waiting for Social Security benefits By Jes Larson, Contributing Columnist In Oregon we can all agree that our communities are strong and healthy when our most vulnerable residents are pro ...
20 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots editorial Oregon statutes are filled with preemptions, those law-of-the-land overrides on local government. They have their supporters and detractors, depending on what side of the argument you’re on, but in the best of matters they can be pr ...
13 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
After a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, illustrator Ellen Forney worries medication will wipe out her creativity By Jim Douglas, Contributing writer The extreme and unpredictable highs and lows that come with bipolar illness can be like having a frightenin ...
12 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff