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 ...

Anti-homeless policy has been a staple of cities the world over, whether those policies be forthright, like loitering laws and sit-lie ordinances, or peppered into a city’s infrastructure and public ...

Street Roots is an award-winning weekly investigative publication covering economic, environmental and social inequity. The newspaper is sold in Portland, Oregon, by people experiencing homelessness ...

So much of what I was putting up (in the exhibit) is like, this is everything that I have wanted to see. So a lot of it is selfish like, this is what little queer me wants. Like, I want to walk into ...

Scott Atkins started collecting and recycling cans and bottles about 15 years ago to supplement his income. In a 10-hour work day, he says, a canner can make a couple hundred dollars. However, doing ...

From lakes to creeks, mountains to plateaus, efforts across Oregon to change offensive and racist geographical place names are increasing in recent years, though dozens remain. Last month, the U.S.

Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. In May, Willamette Week reported the Old Town homeless village was closing. One of the original C3PO (Creating Conscious ...

In the mid-1980s, the most dire problem on the streets of Portland (from the point of view of the downtown business community, which funded campaigns to elect persons to city hall and the county) was ...

The waiting list for treatment foster care in Illinois has grown to about 10 to 15 youths at any given time for the teams’ 40 slots — which will increase to 50 if LSSI is able to fund the additional ...

If you're looking for volunteer opportunities to provide help during the cold and winter months visit the "Where to give help" section of the Winter Resource Guide. Shelter The City of Portland and ...

Street Roots is an award-winning weekly publication focusing on economic, environmental and social justice issues. The newspaper is sold in Portland, Oregon, by people experiencing homelessness and/or ...

When the fire call data is broken out over the year, the numbers follow a similar pattern. There were 220 fire calls along the greenway in 2020, 267 calls in 2021, and Browning expects upwards of 200 ...