Transforming Justice | Compared to other nations, the United States sends more people to prisons, spends more tax dollars on prisons. Why? Few pop culture quips are more memorable than 1970s TV detective Tony Baretta’s “Don't do the crime if you can& ...
16 Mar 2023 - Andy Ko and Babak Zolfaghar...
People with lived experience should be seen as an effective, accessible and realistic solution to nonprofit staffing woes Nonprofits providing services to our most vulnerable people are struggling with understaffing. Finding those with master’s degrees wi ...
1 Mar 2023 - Mark Schorr
Students and staff at school for homeless students continue uphill trek to normalcy following the end of pandemic restrictions “ When I was in kindergarten, I did not know what a book was,” a quiet fifth-grade student in Cheryl Bickle’s class recently wro ...
25 Jan 2023 - Ellen Clarke
The Atomic Orchard Experiment aims to honor what people do as workers and as Portlanders Jeff Woodward, a boots-on-the-ground frontline worker with the Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon, spends his days bringing harm reduction supplies out ...
21 Dec 2022 - Ellen Clarke
OPINION | Street Roots’ winter fund drive is a critical time for the organization, homeless Portlanders and local journalism Street Roots vendors are bustling all around the city. You might be chatting with your vendor after you picked up groceries. Maybe ...
30 Nov 2022 - Kaia Sand
NAYA, which already maintains three affordable development projects in the Cully neighborhood, plans to begin construction on a new project in the Portsmouth neighborhood next year As rents continue to skyrocket, increasing numbers of renters across the U ...
31 Aug 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
Brown Hope aims to support Black communities through basic income programs The local nonprofit that distributed millions of dollars to Black Portlanders throughout the pandemic is launching a new program to further support Black Portlanders — three years ...
24 Aug 2022 - Mia Ryder-Marks
Every day, abortion providers across the country provide essential health care to patients — with compassion and without judgment. They do this while navigating growing barriers to care that make it increasingly difficult to provide abortion. Planned Pare ...
9 Mar 2022 - Anne Udall
Sisters of the Road may be closed for now, but through this closure the organization hopes to emerge a stronger operation Bronwyn Jones Carver is a member of Street Roots’ MoJo program. MoJo is composed of vendors learning about journalism, covering life ...
9 Feb 2022 - Bronwyn Carver
The renowned Portland rapper combines mentorship and mental health Talilo Marfil started his musical journey making beats at the Apple store in downtown Portland when he was just 16 years old — as a houseless teenager, this became his means of survival. N ...
9 Feb 2022 - Latisha Jensen