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 ...

An ICE-y reception: Immigration officials unfazed by judge's ruling on local detentions Last month, a U.S. District court ruling in Portland started a chain reaction that’s slowly stripping U.S.

How understanding the neurobiology of trauma helps Portland police work with domestic violence survivors "Becky” was in a state of disbelief. One week ago she told her boyfriend she was pregnant. Now ...

Ghosts of Agent Orange: The notorious defoliant continues to ravage generations of Vietnamese Former Marine and member of Portland’s Veterans for Peace chapter, Dan Shea knows the lasting effects of ...

An Unexpected Leader: Marissa Madrigal chairs Multnomah County through changing times Marissa Madrigal remembers the first time a television camera was thrust in her face. She remembers a reporter ...

In 1891, George Breckonridge was the first juvenile to be placed into custody at the reform school for boys in Woodburn, Ore. His crime was stealing a newspaper off his neighbor’s porch. Fast-forward ...

There has been a lot of discussion about income inequality in our country lately — we are living in a time when wealth is concentrated among the richest Americans, and the gap between the richest and ...

Ariel Gore is as raw and honest in her writing as she is in her life, earning her the moniker of the hippest mama around. But the backstory is a long way from Ozzie and Harriet. Gore, spurred by a ...

The Port of Portland wants to change the law so it can keep dumping dredge waste in West Hayden Island’s natural area off Oregon's Columbia River When the City of Portland pulled West Hayden Island ...

Holiday thanks from Street Roots vendors “I’m grateful for the community around me. Those who buy Street Roots, those who smile or give me a nod for the work I do selling SR. And I’m grateful too for ...

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 ...

Cruel, inhuman and degrading: US policies on homelessness called out by UN My organization, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, works to end homelessness in the United States. As the ...