🗞️ In the new issue of Street Roots: We bring you part two of a deep dive into sweeps conducted in Portland from July 2024 through June 2025. Using firsthand accounts, photography and more, this issue attempts to visualize the 8,764 sweeps recorded during this time frame.

We raised over $234,000 for Street Roots during our Winter Fund Drive! So many of you went above and beyond for us this year. Thanks to you, we are stabilized and ready to continue providing meaningful income opportunities community-driven reporting into the new year.

Celebrate the grand opening of the new Northwest Library this Sat, Jan 10, and enjoy a poetry reading with Street Roots vendors! The reading will be from 4 - 5:30 PM at 2030 NW Pettygrove St. Support our vendors & discover what library's expansion means for the community!

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Six months of data showing every instance between January and June 2025 in which workers through the city’s Impact Reduction Program took the homes or belongings of people living outdoors. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

407 ⭐️ This is the number of vendors who sold Street Roots in 2025. Your support is critical to each and every one of their successes. Your donation is a powerful way to support the vendors who depend on us for income, connection & resources. Give today giveguide.org/nonprofits/street-roots

Support Street Roots today on Give!Guide with a donation of $10+ for a chance to win a 2025 Tern HSD S00 e-bike from Splendid Cycles! This prize currently retails at $5,949. 🚲 ⚡ Find us at giveguide.org/nonprofits/street-roots and make a gift that powers dignified work opportunities!

While nothing's cooler than our vendor Makavalie's photo-printed apparel, today's Big Give Day has some serious drip. Several VERY COOL prize packages with Atlas Tattoo, Midtown Beer Garden & Music Millennium are up for grabs with every donation of $10+! giveguide.org/nonprofits/street-roots

Our supporters are a central part of Street Roots and our vendors' stories. And today, when you invest in the lives and futures of our vendors with a donation of $10 or more to our Give!Guide campaign, you could win a $500 gift card to Powell's Books! giveguide.org/nonprofits/street-roots

🎁 Didn't get what you want for Christmas? With this BIG GIVEAWAY just for Street Roots Give!Guide donors, you could be ringing in the new year over $600 in gift cards to Portland eateries! 5 days left to help us reach our goal! Donate to enter giveguide.org/nonprofits/street-roots

🥂 Eat, clink, drink & repeat with this BIG GIVEAWAY exclusively for Street Roots' Give!Guide donors! NOW until Dec 31, donate $10+ to our campaign for your shot at our special Eat/Drink Portland giveaway ft. over $600 in gift cards to local eateries! giveguide.org/nonprofits/street-roots

The new edition of our Rose City Resource Guide (Dec 2025 to May 2026) is here! 💚 Booklets can be picked up at no cost from our office located at 281 West Burnside during open hours. For more information, email [email protected] or call (503) 210-5641.

Our vendors are lookin' good in their new Street Roots merch! Spot a vendor out selling this week's copy of Street Roots by looking for the sweet "Read the News" hoodie and fresh Street Roots beanie! 🔍 You can also find a vendor near you by visiting streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Head into the new year with style! All gifts made to Street Roots on Give!Guide this weekend (Dec. 20-21) will earn you a shot at a personal stylist appt. from Garnish Apparel, along with a $100 store credit, to refresh your wardrobe in 2026. Go to giveguide.org/nonprofits/street-roots to donate!

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Health insurance companies want a break from the Legislature, hunger on the coast, an exhibit examining gentrification and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood to purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Join us for the 2025 holiday zine reading party next week! We're gathering to celebrate & uplift the artists who put hard work into this year’s vendor-lead holiday zine. Join us Dec. 15 at 6 pm at 832 SW 4th Ave, a pop-up location by The Portland Darkroom/Portland Camera Club.

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: "Ending unsheltered homelessness" translates to 'reducing visible homelessness,' local student journalists are excellent, what's happening in Oregon labor and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood to purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

So far, we've raised $14,612 for Street Roots newsroom! NewsMatch is matching these donations dollar-for-dollar, up to $15,000, through Dec. 7. That means we're just $388 away from unlocking the total matching funds. Will you help us close the gap? Give at streetroots.org/donate

We're 85% of the way to our $15,000 NewsMatch goal! Only $2,180 left to raise until we unlock the remaining matching funds for our newsroom. Give by Dec. 7 to have your one-time or recurring donation matched & double your impact for nonprofit news! 👉 streetroots.org/donate

Etta and Kanani want to thank you for supporting Street Roots' journalism! We raised $9,488 on Giving Tuesday in support of our newspaper & reporting. NewsMatch will double the next $4,685 in donations until we reach their $15k match. Help us get there: streetroots.org/donate

"Street Roots is for everyday Portlanders, by everyday Portlanders. That’s what makes it so important," K. Rambo writes in a letter from the editor. At a time when local journalism is more important than ever, Rambo makes a case for the people power behind Street Roots' newsroom.

Come see Photos of Things That Matter at Blue Sky Gallery! The show opens December 4th with a reception from 5–8pm, and features photography from our very own Street Roots vendors! 122 NW 8th Ave, Portland Open Wed-Sat, 12 - 5 PM Gallery will be up Dec. 4 - 27

🗞️ Our Fall Anthology is here! Featuring some of the newsroom's most impactful work from May through October of this year. You can catch up on news you missed or revisit our coverage on Filipino migrants in Oregon, medical care in prisons, the impacts of sweeps on homeless Portlanders and more.

Street Roots exists to give you the information you need & provide income opportunities for Portlanders facing homelessness and poverty. TODAY the first $7,500 donated will be TRIPLED by a matching pledge from KEEN Footwear & NewsMatch. Give at streetroots.org/donate. $=$$$!

Today kicks off our #NewsMatch campaign! Help us unlock $15k to support our newsroom & reporting. All donations Dec. 1–7 will be matched by NewsMatch–up to $1k per donor–until we reach $15k. Your support powers every story we tell. Can we count on you? streetroots.org/donate

Why did it take so long to fix 25 city violations at Milepost 5 after the company in charge received millions in public subsidies? @streetroots.bsky.social www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: County motel shelters successful but lacking support, Milepost 5 safety and health code violations, homelessness in Corvallis and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood to purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Be like Cari! Grab a copy of this week’s issue and a holiday zine while you’re at it!

The 2025 Vendor Holiday Zine is here! This zine, from beginning to end, is a vendor-led publication, and holds a variety of creative work from the vendors at Street Roots. Support our vendors with earning extra income this holiday season by purchasing a zine for $4!

A new city program aims to bring vendors, and more Portlanders, to parks via a same-day permit system. The program allows vendors, like a mobile sauna or coffee cart, to set up at a number of parks in Portland.

Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) is the state’s first farmworkers union, established in 1985. Its historic work continues to focus on championing Oregon farmworkers’ rights amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Oregon program experiments with direct cash payments to assist homeless youth, the history and current fight of an Oregon farmworkers union and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood to purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

What happened last month in Oregon's labor scene? Read the monthly column highlighting labor actions and labor news across the state. www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...

The City of Eugene incentivizes developers to build affordable housing, but advocates say it is still not enough, and urge that the city's standards for affordability are overdue for an update. www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...

Support Street Roots by donating $10+ today through Give!Guide & you'll earn a chance to win an amazing beach getaway from Headlands Coastal Lodge, including a 2-night stay, a $200 dining credit, and a special bonfire experience. giveguide.org/nonprofits/s...

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Detrimental impacts of Portland's 'camping' ban, Oregonians looking for solutions amid hunger crisis, Eugene's unaffordable 'affordable' housing problem and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

As the city begins to cite and arrest people for living outside, those working with homeless Portlanders say the ban only makes life harder for people living outside. www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...

TODAY ONLY we have a special incentive just for Street Roots Give!Guide donors. Donate $50 or more to Street Roots' today (11/11) , and you'll be entered to win a free pair of boots, shoes, or sandals from our friends at KEEN Footwear! ($165 value) giveguide.org/nonprofits/s...

A state board in Oregon attempting to regulate drug prices has yet to designate specific drugs that pose affordability problems, a potential first step toward regulation. The drug supply chain's opaqueness and complexity have been obstacles, as well as a quirk in state public meeting law.

Oregon Health Plan is dramatically scaling back the number and type of therapists it will cover. The changes will affect potentially thousands of low-income Oregonians, who may be left searching for a new therapist. www.streetroots.org/news/2025/11...

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Changes in OHP coverage may impact your mental health care access, Oregon drug affordability board lagging, benefits of Portland's same-day permit system and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Street Roots spoke with veterans and service members skeptical of President Trump's desire to deploy National Guard troops to Portland. Read what they had to say. www.streetroots.org/news/2025/10...

Give!Guide is finally here, and it's a Big Coffee Give Day! ☕️ Donate $10 or more for 3 chances to win a 6 mo. coffee subscription from Nossa Familia. Donors 35 & under have a fourth chance to win! Give & check out special incentives from Street Roots at giveguide.org/nonprofits/street-roots!

Portland's ban on AI software used by landlords is headed back to a vote. Critics of the software say it can be used by landlords to fix rent prices and withold available homes during a housing crisis www.streetroots.org/news/2025/10...

⭐️ 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ⭐️ We are thrilled to welcome Jill Geltmaker to the Street Roots community as the organization's next Executive Director! We look forward to introducing Jill to all of you in the very near future!

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Oregon National Guard troops speak out, a documentary on those working to end the homelessness crisis, a Street Roots vendor shares his thoughts while in hospice, a vendor profile and more. Find a vendor in your neighborhood: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

🖐 Five days until the Give!Guide vault opens! 🗝 Street Roots is thrilled to once again participate in Willamette Week's Give!Guide, a spectacular end-of-year giving campaign supporting 275 local nonprofits. Learn more and get ready to give by visiting giveguide.org

Street Roots Vendor Office will be closed tomorrow, Saturday, October 24th. We apologize for any inconvenience or negative impact this may have on our vendors and community members. Our office will reopen at 8:30 AM on Monday, October 27 with regular hours.

Trump's version of a 'war ravaged' Portland did not appear out of thin air. The city's struggle to combat the housing crisis and homelessness is not a mystery to its residents, who are still waiting for adequate permanent housing options. (This story is co-published with @us.theguardian.com)