JM Simpson’s day starts at 5 a.m. He typically picks up a bag of donuts and a few packs of cigarettes and grabs his camera. By 6:15, he’s on the streets of Olympia, Washington, introducing himself to ...

Read about some lesser-known Queer activists in Oregon who have made important contributions to our community, both in the past and the present Catherine Stauffer is an anti-facist activist who ...

A recent court case highlights how hundreds of low-income patients may face such medical debt, revealing a loophole in the law Six years ago, Oregon lawmakers expanded hospital charity care ...

The legislature cut funding for housing and homeless services, while establishing a statewide shelter system and expanding some tenant protections The number of Oregonians experiencing homelessness ...

For residents of the Laureate, rent is permanently affordable. Their homes are publicly owned and governed with their input. The Laureate, in Montgomery County, Maryland, is an early example of social ...

A ll 60 units in North Portland’s Hattie Redmond Apartments are affordable to folks making less than 30% of the area median income. Intended for people exiting homelessness, services such as clothing ...

Amid nearly daily federal threats to workers across the United States, the Oregon labor movement continues to march on. In May, workers won at least five union elections, formed seven new campaigns ...

Portlanders are paying millions to resolve previous incidents of police violence at protests. Current events tee up a potential repeat. The city has paid over $9.1 million in legal fees and payouts ...

Depending on who you ask, City Councilor Dan Ryan’s office terminated or amicably separated from a part-time employee July 17 over the employee’s offensive views on social media and his podcast.

At Community Warehouse, we see how close our neighbors are to losing their housing. We meet families sleeping on the floor after finally securing a roof overhead. We see how one job transition or ...

The latest figures obtained by Street Roots from the city of Portland’s office of budget and finance show the city has paid over $9.1 million and counting for police violence during protests since ...

Looking back on views and voices from our pages in the past year by Street Roots staff “We need a wider way to spread the conviction that moral ethics are really the basis of a happy life. This is ...