New low-power FM stations will soon become part of Portland’s media landscape, representing a different set of voices from commercial and public radio. Among the applicants are student-run radio stations from Portland State University and Reed College. Th ...
4 Dec 2013 - Devan Schwartz
Occupiers can learn from those who succeeded before By Devan Schwartz, Contributing Writer I opened Augusta Dwyer’s “Broke but Unbroken: Grassroots Social Movements and the Radical Solutions to Poverty” on October 6th. It was the morning Occupy Portland b ...
4 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
Cookbook features good eats from the streets Devan Schwartz, Contributing Writer Recently released by Changing Lives Press, “Mailbox Muffins” is a cookbook unlike other cookbooks. Its recipes are written by the homeless. Six featured chefs provide their f ...
23 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
Canada and the U.S. are making significant strides toward mainstreaming harm reduction, but there are still walls to knock down By Katie Hyslop with Devan Schwartz, Contributing Writers Hundreds of doctors, politicians, researchers and frontline workers w ...
22 Dec 2010 - Street Roots
Bus tour highlights city’s history of housing discrimination [caption id="attachment_4368" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Shinto Gate "] [/caption] By Devan Schwartz, Contributing Columnist On Thursday, Nov. ...
24 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Plugged in with Artist Mentorship Program (AMP) [caption id="attachment_4267" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Youth play in a jam session at the Artist Mentorship Program (AMP). Photo by Ken Hawkins"] [/cap ...
27 Oct 2010 - Street Roots