Dead, in the red: Services report a rising number of people who can’t afford to bury their dead By Stacy Brownhill, Staff Writer A name in this story has been changed to protect the subject’s identity. Grief was the first emotion to seize Sarah Jones afte ...
25 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
Setting new sights on the city: Steve Novick returns to the campaign trail By Stacy Brownhill, Staff Writer Steve Novick, the currenlty uncontested candidate for Randy Leonard’s spot on Portland City Council, has plenty of novel ideas for a City Council f ...
31 Aug 2011 - Street Roots
Building the future of equality with Basic Rights Oregon By Stacy Brownhill, Staff Writer The ground on same-sex marriage is shifting. Last month, New York legalized gay marriage, despite a Republican-controlled Senate, making it the largest state where g ...
3 Aug 2011 - Street Roots
Vial of Life: Helping save lives at the Downtown Chapel By Stacy Brownhill, Staff Writer How much good can a small red pouch, zip tie and sheet of paper do for someone living on the streets? Turns out, a lot. Downtown Chapel is pioneering an innovative, p ...
21 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Street Roots four-part series on brain injuries and homelessness You might say Nick Patton was born to fish. Literally born on a boat, Nick spent his earliest years living in orphanages along the Alaskan coastline. He ran away at the age of eight and qui ...
8 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Part IV: The good, the bad and the ugly: tracking brain injuries, health care for the homeless Street Roots is running an in-depth investigative series on Brain injuries and homelessness. Read “ Part I: All in their heads, Part II: Why Diagnosing traumati ...
7 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Gay, grey and groundbreaking By Stacy Brownhill, Staff Writer For a while, Bruce Meisner and Bob Rupar were attending a funeral a week. The two energetic, grey-haired men in their 70s, partners of 40 years, recall the Reagan era as a dark time when male f ...
12 May 2011 - Street Roots
Proud Ground helps deliver a dream of having a home [caption id="attachment_5071" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Casey and Angela Baker in their yard. Behind is their home, made affordable through Proud Ground ...
27 Apr 2011 - Street Roots