Author Paul K. Haeder discusses his new book, ‘Wide Open Eyes,’ which launches Friday night Author Paul K. Haeder believes that until Americans truly learn from Vietnam, we are doomed to keep repeating the mistakes and abuses that transpired there. At 7 t ...
31 Jul 2020 - Emily Green
How farmworkers, nationally and in Oregon, are faring in an age of rising temperatures, immigration crack-downs, housing insecurity and uncertainty At the height of a sweltering afternoon in late July, more than a hundred people descended from a caravan o ...
3 Aug 2018 - Emily Green
He'll be at Hollywood Theatre July 18 for a screening of his groundbreaking films ‘Willie’ and ‘Murderers’ After five years of correspondence, local artist Vanessa Renwick has convinced her favorite photographer to come to Portland and screen two of ...
13 Jul 2018 - Emily Green
Fazal Sheikh speaks to Street Roots about his photography, which brings worldwide human rights issues to light. His work is featured in ‘Common Ground’ at Portland Art Museum. “Common Ground” fosters an illusive impression of intimacy between the viewer a ...
9 Mar 2018 - Emily Green
Depression isn't rooted in biology but in how we're living our lives, author Johann Hari explains The way we’ve been taught to think about depression and anxiety is all wrong, says Johann Hari. In his new book, the London-based journalist and Ne ...
19 Jan 2018 - Emily Green
Portland’s UNA Gallery is taking back Day of the Dead with performance art and celebration Having grown up in Mexico City, Portland gallery owner Mercedes Orozco fondly remembers celebrating Día de Muertos with her family and neighbors at the beginning of ...
27 Oct 2017 - Emily Green
Author Franklin Foer warns against a world in which companies such as Google, Amazon and Facebook have eroded our thought processes and command our lives When Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes purchased the New Republic in 2012, he brought back the magazin ...
21 Sep 2017 - Emily Green
Author Robert Wright says mindfulness can help us live better lives and 'endure the Trump era' Buddhists had it right all along, and we have the science to prove it. That’s the premise of a new book from New York Times best-selling author, journ ...
1 Sep 2017 - Emily Green
'They are human beings' who have seen the dark side David Slader first laid his hands on a painting signed “B. Pat” inside a decommissioned jail, located in the cellar of Coquille’s old city hall building. The clown-like face painted with crus ...
30 Jun 2017 - Emily Green
'When the shock happens, that’s when people are most vulnerable,' the author of 'No Is Not Enough' tells Street Roots Naomi Klein’s latest book offers a strong dose of clarity to counteract the chaos plaguing the country since Donald T ...
23 Jun 2017 - Emily Green