'Songs from the Shadows,' featuring songs by people who have experienced sexual trauma, will bring awareness to human trafficking and exploitation The present is reaching back to heal the past deep in the subterranean passageways beneath Portlan ...
17 Aug 2018 - Helen Hill
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
BOOK REVIEW | Although the author has left us, her essays validate that her acuity, wit and perception are eternal In your spare time, what do you do?” That question on a survey elicited this response from writer Ursula K. Le Guin at age 81: “I... don’t k ...
27 Jul 2018 - Mike Wold
Celebrating 'abrazos no muros' ('hugs not walls') to bring families together The nonprofit Border Network of Human Rights, dedicated to educating and organizing El Paso, Texas, residents and migrants, holds one of the most emotional ev ...
27 Jul 2018 - Iñaki Estívaliz
The World Cup is one for the record books, but a different kind of soccer tournament continues to score big for the men and women who battle poverty and homelessness to take the pitch Under the soft sun of a Seattle spring day, a group of roughly two doze ...
20 Jul 2018 - Ashley Archibald
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
The actor's role explores issues around class, addiction, abuse and survival Benedict Cumberbatch’s recent achievements are quite dazzling when spoken out loud. Saving (or potentially destroying) half the universe as Doctor Strange in Marvel’s record ...
1 Jun 2018 - Adrian Lobb
BOOK REVIEW | Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus’ 'A World of Three Zeros' is focused on solutions It’s important to start with the realization that poverty is not caused by poor people.” Let me rephrase Muhammad Yunus, author of “A Wo ...
6 Apr 2018 - Megan Wildhood
The activist talks to Street Roots about her work and her new book, 'Make Trouble,' ahead of an appearance in Portland It started relatively small: A black felt armband worn to her Texas grade school as part of a nationwide protest of the Vietna ...
30 Mar 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
PassinArt’s production of the August Wilson play portrays issues afflicting black communities Today, Portland is considered by many as a hub that champions progressive values. But events today and in the past paint a much different and painful story for A ...
23 Mar 2018 - John Michael Sproles