🗞️ Volume 2 of Street Roots' Election Issue is out now. This issue includes candidates running for seats in the Senate and House. Read their responses to questions on eviction prevention, homelessness and more. Find a vendor: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

🗳️ Filling out your ballot? Inform your vote with Street Roots' primary elections coverage. Our newsroom sent questionnaires to candidates about issues we think matter most to our readers. streetroots.org/oregon-2026-primary-elections/

Where do Oregon gubernatorial candidates stand on housing and homelessness? Read 13 candidates' responses to Street Roots elections questionnaire. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

🗞️ Volume 1 of Street Roots' Election Issue is out now. This issue includes candidates running for governor, Bureau of Labor & Industries Commissioner and Metro Council. Read their thoughts on housing affordability, homelessness, labor and more. 🗳️ Find a vendor: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

🗞️ 🌼 Street Roots Spring Anthology is out now! If you're not familiar with the Spring Anthology issues, our newsroom puts together some of the most impactful stories from the last six months into two issues each spring. Catch up on stories you may have missed and grab a copy to share with a friend.

Lawmakers and advocates have long debated the authority of the state Psychiatric Security Review Board. Critics now say the board’s extreme caution stalls patient discharge and is colliding with Oregon’s strained mental health system.

Who is Nathaniel VerGow, Multnomah County's newly appointed leader of its Homeless Services Department? Documents show the former social worker effectively ran homelessness programs in LA, but he's leaving his former employer amid its disarray.

Meet Street Roots' new investigative reporter, Henry Brannan. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: County appoints new homeless services leader, criticisms of the state’s Psychiatric Security Review Board, March labor updates and more. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

National Weather Service climate projections show Portland’s summer will likely be hotter and drier than average. Amid an increase in sweeps and shelters facing funding woes, homeless Portlanders and service providers brace for the dangers of summer heat.

New Oregon laws expand doula access for expectant parents. The laws require commercial health benefit plans and Medicaid plans to cover perinatal services, including services provided by doulas, lactation counselors and lactation educators.

New Oregon laws expand doula access for expectant parents. The laws require commercial health benefit plans and Medicaid plans to cover perinatal services, including services provided by doulas, lactation counselors and lactation educators.

National Weather Service climate projections show Portland’s summer will likely be hotter and drier than average. Amid an increase in sweeps and shelters facing funding woes, homeless Portlanders and service providers brace for the dangers of summer heat.

1/5 - Job update: I’m now an investigative reporter at Street Roots! I sent my first official pitch to SR about 6 yrs ago. Its editors then spent the next 1.5 yrs schooling me, before sending me off to jobs at PBS NewsHour, NPR stations and beyond. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

Your April Arts for All calendar is here! If you have an Oregon Trail card, find an arts event to attend this month at a discounted rate. www.streetroots.org/culture/2026...

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Homeless Portlanders prepare for summer heat, Albina Vision Trust's answer to displacement, Sincere Studio's ambitions for accessible sewing education and more. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Oregon farmworker activists say the movement is more than one person. Activists reflect on the strength of Oregon’s movement and its history, amid the sexual assault accusations against César Chávez. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

Some patients at Oregon State Hospital are stuck in limbo for months. Even after being told they no longer need to be there, only a few are discharged each month from the state’s most-regimented and costly mental health treatment setting. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

“All these things come together to make it harder to couchsurf, especially when you have kids, for a lot of folks who have unstable status.” Via: @streetroots.bsky.social

I wrote the last legally permissible Timothée-ballet gag for @streetroots.bsky.social: www.streetroots.org/culture/2026...

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Patients at Oregon State Hospital stuck in limbo, Oregon farmworker activists reflect on the movement, April Arts for All calendar and more. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Third Eye Books is one of Portland's only Black-owned bookstores. Co-founder Charles Hannah says he curates the book selection keeping in mind what Portlanders may want to read, but also what they need to read.

KMUZ radio segment, 'Girlypop Politics' encourages listeners to get involved in local politics. "You can make an impact if you’re loud enough, you’re persistent enough, and you have the passion to follow through," host Jane Titchenal said.

Portland has $106 million of unspent housing funds, but city leaders can't agree on how to spend it. While one side wants to continue prioritizing developer profits, the other wants to eliminate profit motives entirely.

A new Portland city ordinance protects diverse family and relationship structures from discrimination.

A new Portland city ordinance protects diverse family and relationship structures from discrimination.

Portland has $106 million of unspent housing funds, but city leaders can't agree on how to spend it. While one side wants to continue prioritizing developer profits, the other wants to eliminate profit motives entirely.

KMUZ radio segment, 'Girlypop Politics' encourages listeners to get involved in local politics. "You can make an impact if you’re loud enough, you’re persistent enough, and you have the passion to follow through," host Jane Titchenal said.

Third Eye Books is one of Portland's only Black-owned bookstores. Co-founder Charles Hannah says he curates the book selection keeping in mind what Portlanders may want to read, but also what they need to read.

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: 'Girlypop Politics' encourages civic engagement, Portland leaders and an unspent $106 million, Third Eye Books' curated selection and more. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Family Preservation Project, a nonprofit based in Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, aims to help mothers stay connected with their kids while incarcerated. On March 9, mothers and children gathered to advocate for expanded protections for children of incarcerated parents.

A statewide initiative wants Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Oregonians to have a chance tell their stories on their own terms. Read about the Pride in Numbers project:

The Oregon Legislative session adjourned March 6. Take a look at which bills passed and which ones died in committee. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...

A statewide initiative wants Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Oregonians to have a chance tell their stories on their own terms. Read about the Pride in Numbers project:

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Oregon's Bill of Rights for Children of Incarcerated Parents, Pride in Numbers project seeks LGBTQIA2S+ stories, legislative session concluded and more. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Family Preservation Project, a nonprofit based in Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, aims to help mothers stay connected with their kids while incarcerated. On March 9, mothers and children gathered to advocate for expanded protections for children of incarcerated parents.

"Accommodations not only help disabled workers — they’re good for the entire workforce," writes columnist Aurora Biggers. She reflects on joining a union and how it changed her relationship with her disability.

Oregon’s public lands are under threat. The “Roadless Rule” has protected millions of acres of public land from road building, logging, and mining — about 2 million of those acres are in Oregon. Now, a Trump administration proposal to rescind the law poses a danger for these protected lands.

Got $5? SNAP recipients can catch discounted shows via Arts for All. Here are our picks for free or $5 shows in March. www.streetroots.org/culture/2026...

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Possibly rescinding the 'Roadless Rule' threatens Oregon's public lands, Arts for All program, Word is Bond's mission to support young Black men and more. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

“It has become more difficult than ever for low-income tenants to find — and keep — affordable housing.” www.streetroots.org/housing/2026... Via @streetroots.bsky.social

A year after Oregon prison officials pledged to overhaul health services, an inspection by a national accrediting group found that Coffee Creek Correctional Facility still isn’t meeting standards.

Portland mayor Keith Wilson’s top priority in his homelessness response: increasing the number of congregate overnight-only shelters. Now, a Multnomah County report shows the local focus on new shelters may be eroding existing shelters’ ability to transition homeless Portlanders into housing.

Oregon lawmakers adjourn their even-year short session this Sunday. Despite Democratic supermajorities in both the House and Senate, disagreements within party lines plagued the legislative session.

🗞 In the new issue of Street Roots: Why Portland shelters can be a dead end for those seeking housing, disagreement among Democrats in the Oregon Legislature, Oregon's skyrocketing eviction rates and more. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate

Known as the "honorary mayor of Northeast Portland," Paul Knauls Sr.'s reputation precedes him. He shared with Street Roots how his storied past intertwines with city history — and what he sees on the horizon.

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City and county shelters underserve homeless Portlanders of color, a Multnomah County report shows. Responses from Mayor Keith Wilson’s office voiced concern, but took issue with some of the county’s data points.

Known as the "honorary mayor of Northeast Portland," Paul Knauls Sr.'s reputation precedes him. He shared with Street Roots how his storied past intertwines with city history — and what he sees on the horizon.

💻️ ✨️ Have you heard? Street Roots has a brand new website, powered by Newspack. We’ve got a new look, but the same high-quality journalism www.streetroots.org/arts-and-ent...