Director’s Desk | However, West Coast cities shouldn’t take the same approach — here’s why: You may have caught headlines that New York City’s right-to-shelter policy is under threat. If it’s worth fighting for in New York, you might wonder, why aren’t we ...
18 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Street Smart Economics | Polluters try to sell you on the idea of buying a solution without seeking actionable change We are running out of time to avoid climate disaster. As signatories to the 2015 Paris Agreement, more than 190 governments have pledged ...
18 Oct 2023 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Opinion | Oregon Shakespeare Festival explores homelessness while homelessness abounds nearby Juliet’s family lives in a camper beneath a bridge. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. The friar — Romeo’s co ...
11 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Street Smart Economics | Portland Public Schools is shortchanging our children, our teachers and our schools Stonewalled for a year of bargaining by Portland Public Schools district, Portland teachers are frustrated. Mary C. King is a professor emerita of ...
4 Oct 2023 - Mary King
Opinion | The Portland camping ban is dangerous and reckless Editor’s note: This column discusses power-based violence and death. There’s a separation at Street Roots that is complicated but worth it. That’s the firewall between our journalism and our adv ...
4 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Amid all the changes in policy and practice around Old Town, the Oct. 5 Morning Broadcast shows Street Roots holds steady in its mission My bus drove north when a street car passed, heading south. I glimpsed a Street Roots vendor across the way ...
27 Sep 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Kotek should steer the bus toward Oregon Health Authority fixing Medicaid rules As Gov. Tina Kotek dives into the future of Portland, she should use her clout to make sure Portland Street Response unlocks federal funding. Every month this doesn’ ...
22 Sep 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Poetry on the environments of the unhoused and displaced Grab a copy of Orion, a national magazine of nature and culture, this month to read five Street Roots poets — Bronwyn Carver, Daniel Cox, Randy Humphreys, George McCarthy and Michone Nettl ...
20 Sep 2023 - Kaia Sand
Transforming Justice | POIC’s ‘Healing Hurt People’ provides an example of a successful model to support gun violence victims When you’ve been shot, and you’re lying in a hospital bed, everything comes at you at once. Pain fires through your body. Your mi ...
20 Sep 2023 - Roy Moore and Travis Nelson
Street Roots vendors are at the core of the organization and mission. The vendor issue is a testament to their work, creativity and ambitions for the future. For nearly 25 years, Street Roots has dedicated itself to uplifting the voices of our low-income ...
13 Sep 2023 - Kodee Zarnke