Let’s reject the cruelties of historical injustices compounded by present-day injustices In the morning light in Old Town, an elderly woman trudged down a rain-shiny sidewalk on Sixth Avenue, her backpack full and sagging low. It was unclear how much her ...
19 Jan 2018 - Kaia Sand
COMMENTARY | Portland resident Riah Knapp shares what she learned from a small Costa Rican chocolate producer Thick humid air stuck to my body as the dense jungle canopy buzzed with sounds of rainforest creatures; the smell of exotic plants and mosquito r ...
15 Dec 2017 - Riah Knapp
COMMENTARY | They've been enormously enriched for decades while taxes on the 1 percent have fallen Street Smart Economics is a periodic series written by professors emeriti in economics for Street Roots. Weather forecasters are predicting another col ...
17 Nov 2017 - Mary King
We all play a part in making our community and our world a better place Supporting Street Roots has never been more important. When you give a donation to Street Roots, you’re sending a message that you still believe in humanity. You’re sending a message ...
10 Nov 2017 - Israel Bayer
COMMENTARY | Disaster relief isn’t what labor unions are known for, but hundreds rolled up their sleeves in the wake of Hurricane Maria When we landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, we landed in chaos. Nobody could have predicted the devastation that Hurrican ...
3 Nov 2017 - Misty Richards
The government needs to find a way to prioritize affordable housing in the Portland region Israel Bayer is the executive director of Street Roots. You can reach him at israel@streetroots.org or follow him on Twitter @israelbayer. On the morning of Jan. 31 ...
3 Nov 2017 - Israel Bayer
COMMENTARY | A proposed ballot measure would fund local and equitable investments in renewable energy and efficiency by imposing a tax on large corporations In the coming weeks, a diverse coalition of grassroots organizations will put forward a unique bal ...
27 Oct 2017 - Stephen Quirke
We could be utilizing people experiencing homelessness to help maintain our natural areas Curbing climate change, protecting our natural environment and ending homelessness. In a world gone mad, these challenges sometimes feel so enormous that people don’ ...
27 Oct 2017 - Israel Bayer
She ‘surpasses in importance even the harshest of mistreatments and living conditions in prison,’ Enrique says Enrique is an inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary who enjoys writing, drawing, reading and learning about history, religion and places. He says ...
13 Oct 2017 - Enrique Bautista
We must march on. We must hold the line. The times are changing. They always have been. Given the current circumstances politically, it feels like we’re being bombarded in almost every direction. We are. Israel Bayer is the executive director of Street R ...
6 Oct 2017 - Israel Bayer