God bless you and all of your loved ones, Roger The following is published in the July 25 edition of Street Roots. Please leave any stories you would like to share and goodbye's below. We will be publishing comments in the next edition of the newspap ...
24 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Now you see us... (July 24) Street Roots highlights the work of artists on the streets who have chronicled their lives through film, poetry and art. Pitchfork Rebellion fights against the Bureau of Land Management's plan to ramp up logging in Oregon& ...
24 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
God bless you, and all of your loved ones... It's with our deepest regret that we report that Roger Gates, one of Street Roots more popular vendors has passed away. Street Roots is in the process of working with the Gates family and friends to hold a ...
23 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Short film with Street Roots sister paper in Denver [youtube= http://youtube.com/watch?v=56hZ9KZIj-A] Denver Voice Where to buy Street Roots Print ...
22 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Rosette Royale talks Real Change [youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8UO8mqBKXM] To write this series, Real Change (Street Roots sister paper in Seattle) staff reporter Rosette Royale obtained close to 600 pages of documents from the Department of C ...
22 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Sisters Of The Road to hold truth commission on sit-lie law Portland, Oregon (July 21,)-- Thursday, August 7, 2008, Sisters Of The Road will hold a truth commission on the effects of the Sit-Lie Law on Portland's homeless community. It will be held a ...
21 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Poor and homeless face discrimination from downtown business association in Vancouver B.C. The Vancouver Sun reports a program to remove panhandlers and homeless people from streets and parks amounts to "systemic discrimination," says a complain ...
19 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Denver continues to say it won't sweep homeless during DNC The Rocky Mountain News reports that the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless issued a statement Friday insisting free movie tickets and bus tokens aren't being used to hide Denver's ...
19 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Multnomah County Health Department warns of fatal heroin overdoses From the County Health Department. A handful of overdose deaths in the last few weeks, along with a steady rise in heroin-related deaths over the past year, have raised concerns among coun ...
18 Jul 2008 - Street Roots
Seattle's toilets are closed for business (July 16) The New York Times reports that the City of Seattle has officially called it quits on its public automated toilets. Randy Leonard is quoted in the story promoting Portland's alternative design ...
17 Jul 2008 - Street Roots