Street Roots

1 month ago | streetroots.org | Jeremiah Hayden

Note: Street Roots’ interview with Jorge Luis Reinaldo was conducted in Spanish, with assistance from an interpreter. Quotes are translated as directly as possible while maintaining appropriate context. The room fills with cheers as the news comes in. Whether they’ve been granted protection in the U.S. or finding out they’ll soon be deported, everyone held in a Tacoma immigration facility is ready to celebrate. One more person is no longer stuck in the limbo of a crowded warehouse.

1 month ago | streetroots.org | Tom Henderson

Donate Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper For those who can't afford free speech by | 25 May 2025 Reporter Shasta Kearns Moore investigated a teacher accused of an inappropriate relationship with a student. Before her story was even published, the threats began. He vowed to sue her and her newspaper for all of the mean, awful, accurate things they were about to print. And Moore knew they were accurate.

1 month ago | streetroots.org | Jeremiah Hayden

Donate Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper For those who can't afford free speech by | 21 May 2025 It takes about seven minutes for Portland Street Response to get downtown from its South Waterfront headquarters. But amid a sudden February 2023 snowstorm, GPS estimated it would take close to 45 minutes. Regardless, the small crew of clinical social workers and EMTs on shift that day knew someone had to get there.

1 month ago | streetroots.org | Tom Henderson

The Oregon Legislature is currently in its 2025 session, and Street Roots is publishing regular updates throughout its duration. For more of this ongoing coverage, visit streetroots.org. Only 34 working days remain in Oregon’s 160-day legislative session until lawmakers are constitutionally mandated to adjourn Sunday, June 29. Meanwhile, Tetiana Kamarali waits and worries.

1 month ago | streetroots.org | Tom Henderson

Hundreds of people filled the mall in front of the Oregon State Capitol Building May 1 to serve notice they will not be bullied by the Trump administration’s brute-squad approach to immigration. “There’s an extra element of fear because of the current administration and the anti-immigrant sentiment, but we’re making sure our community is resilient, and people know their rights,” a rally participant told Street Roots. He refused to give his name. So did a lot of other people.