For a tall and husky guy, Jeffrey “Sunny” Brooks is rather coy. Deep wrinkles around the eyes and a scruffy beard belie his age of 31. Seeking “good people, good vibes and trying to get a job to get ...

“We are shifting the food system from one of exploitation to one of care,” Rob Cato, Zenger Farm executive director, said. Zenger Farm invited local community members to celebrate its 25th anniversary ...

October saw the launch of several new housing and service facilities in Portland. A day center for LGBTQIA2S+ people, a recovery center serving people of color, affordable housing for a displaced ...

Local tenants at The Russell apartments demonstrate the power of organizing as Wyden seeks to expand protections to renters of all income levels Portlanders living at The Russell, a North Portland ...

Scott Mattson likes to think of himself as optimistic. He’s often seen around the vendor office wearing a smile and cracking jokes, always accompanied by his dog Indica. He and Indica spoke to Street ...

I am an enrolled member of the Cherokee tribe of Eastern Oklahoma. I am in recovery from alcoholism, opioid addiction, mental health, poverty, childhood domestic violence, prison, trauma colonization ...

I first met Arron Magar in a writing workshop at the Columbia River Correctional Institution, where he read aloud from his autobiography in progress. The class met weekly to share work, record ...

Street Roots held its first “New Paper Day” in its new Burnside Building on Oct. 23. It was a historic moment for vendors, staff, volunteers and supporters who turned out in droves to help transfer ...

Oregon is the only state where the legislature does not have an impeachment process for the governor. That would change if Measure 115 passes. Under the law, if the House impeaches an official with a ...

When Street Roots vendors rode the elevator to the third floor of the new Street Roots Burnside Building over the past month, they emerged to see artist Marianna Cruz painting and collaging a bright ...