With available funding nearly gone, the future is unclear for publicly funded affordable housing projects in the Portland area ...

The fund is also intended to keep Sotelo’s small business afloat throughout this ordeal. Sotelo’s protégée, Victoria Reader, is currently running Novo Start, according to Hoffman. Reader came to ...

When you realize the unique scale of not just American poverty, but American inequality in the 21st century, the fact that France doesn’t have it, Germany doesn’t have it, Canada doesn’t, Australia ...

The title of author Sasha Abramsky’s new book, “The American Way of Poverty,” might sound a bit patronizing to patriotic ears, given that Abramsky was born in Great Britain and attended Oxford ...

Caught in battles, animals are often displaced and, sadly, many get killed in crossfire. This series offers some startling photography, highlighting both the pain of war and how compassion can survive ...

Spencer Tweedy is making music with his father – Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy – and paying tribute to his mother, who is fighting cancer Last year, at 18 years of age, Spencer Tweedy learned his mother had ...

Power in the printed word: 'Housekeys not handcuffs' ‘House Keys Not Handcuffs’ is an insightful testimony to the trials and triumphs of the homeless Paul Boden’s “ House Keys Not Handcuffs,” a ...

Give twice this holiday season when proceeds from your purchases go to charitable causes Street Roots presents its first holiday Gift Guide. All businesses and nonprofits are based in Portland and ...

New low-power FM stations will soon become part of Portland’s media landscape, representing a different set of voices from commercial and public radio. Among the applicants are student-run radio ...

Delegates from street papers around the world gathered in June for the INSP Global Street Paper Summit in Seattle Did you know that Street Roots is part of a growing global movement? The International ...

For years, formula has been an easy option for new mothers, but institutional attitudes are changing to encourage breastfeeding among low-income and minority families Despite being one of the ...