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
Her new book, 'Elderhood,' reveals a reality in which doctors receive little training in the complexities of treating the elderly With improvements to health care and quality of life in the 20th century, the American life expectancy lengthened. ...
14 Jun 2019 - Emily Green
The progressive pundit talks to Street Roots about his new book highlighting American’s history of firearms, which have been a tool of oppression for centuries, he says Literally nowhere, at any time, under any circumstances – even remotely – did any of t ...
31 May 2019 - Emily Green
Every year, millions of low-level offenders are swept up into the criminal justice system People need to start paying attention to how low-level criminal cases are handled in the United States, acclaimed legal scholar Alexandra Natapoff says. Her new book ...
22 Feb 2019 - Emily Green
Dr. Helen Riess, author of 'The Empathy Effect,' says the way we communicate can influence how and what we feel for others Empathy can be learned, and it can be lost. Every time a person chooses to communicate through text message, email or soc ...
15 Feb 2019 - Emily Green
Journalist Shane Bauer has written a book about his four months inside as a security guard There are few pretenses under which it’s considered ethical for a journalist to go undercover. Shane Bauer used Poynter’s criteria as a basis for weighing his deci ...
21 Sep 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
Annelise Orleck is coming to Portland with her new book, 'We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now,' about how poverty wages have sparked a labor movement unlike any other Inside a crowded café in Tampa, Fla., Annelise Orleck first heard the words that ...
13 Apr 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