Books to ponder and pore over this holiday season — and beyond Do you think you know your own mind? Do you imagine yourself able to make decisions and interact with others in a fair and balanced manner, unfettered by personal bias? Think again. Authors Ma ...
19 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Highlights from a year of interviews “So, if we can reclaim the House in the election of 2014 and hold the Senate, then Harry Reid rolls back the filibuster, then we can get a lot done the last two years of the Obama presidency. That means we can’t sit ar ...
14 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Know Your City, a Portland nonprofit that celebrates Portland’s history and culture, has created a new box set of mini-comics about local heroes. “Comics for Change! Illustrated Stories from Oregon’s Front Lines,” features stories of 10 men and women who ...
12 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff
-Number of hospitals that are part of the CareOregon Health Plan Provider Network: 51-Percentage of members of CareOregon Health Plan that are 19 and younger: 59%-Percentage of members of CareOregon Health Plan that do not speak English as their first lang ...
2 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff
-Percentage of Multnomah County population who have a high school diploma or higher: 89-High school graduation rate in Multnomah County: 63 percent-Percentage of children in Multnomah County who experience food insecurity (food insecurity is defined as not ...
20 Nov 2013 - Street Roots Staff
-HIV/AIDS remains an important public health problem in Oregon. From 1981 through 2011, 9,028 Oregonians were diagnosed and reported with HIV infection; approximately 40 percent have since died.-5,384 Oregonians are living with HIV, in addition to an unkno ...
5 Nov 2013 - Street Roots Staff
•Nearly 25,000 African immigrants and refugees live in Oregon: Source, Coalition of Communities of Color •About 24 percent of the Portland Metropolitan Region was made up of youth ages 0-17. Nearly 11 percent were residents 65 years of age and older. •Thr ...
21 Oct 2013 - Street Roots Staff
The Mental Health Association of Portland is asking Oregon's Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to inquire into a Nevada state psychiatric hospital that has been accused of dumping patient's in surrounding states. Below is the letter written to th ...
16 Sep 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Oregon is a bountiful state. We produce 220 crops and livestock commodities, a greater variety than any state except Florida and California. The value of these crops and commodities totaled more than $5 billion in 2011, a record high. As consumers, we can ...
20 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Oregon is a bountiful state. We produce 220 crops and livestock commodities, a greater variety than any state except Florida and California. The value of these crops and commodities totaled more than $5 billion in 2011, a record high. As consumers, we can ...
5 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff