Street Roots' art director encourages you to dive into some of the deeper-buried Halloween media along with the classics ...

Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations throughout Oregon face funding issues and waning support, but continue efforts to host community celebrations for the holiday. Credit: Juneteenth Oregon/Tory ...

A storm of revelations about data centers’ aggressive expansion around Hillsboro and elected officials’ support for them created powerful grassroots opposition this year. That coalition now threatens ...

On any given night, thousands of people sleep on the streets in Portland, Oregon. They seek shelter in tents, bushes and overpasses in a city that has struggled with one of the worst housing crises in ...

The door to Sammy's Tarp Palace on July 9. Sammy has built the home-garden hybrid into the landscape over years, and visitors described it to Street Roots as beautiful. Credit: Henry Brannan / Street ...

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The Portland area is headed for a dramatic housing and homelessness funding cliff that could cause thousands of people to lose their housing and would leave the tri-county region with billions less to ...

A sculpture by Micah BlackLight will be erected in Ashland in 2027 after efforts by the Say Their Names Coalition pushed for a permanent public art installation. Credit: Etta O'Donnell-King / Street ...

Lichen is 34-weeks pregnant and worried about where he’s going to live. His partner left abruptly last month, leaving Lichen with a month-to-month rental agreement he can’t afford. He was a ...

Community Corrections often functions like a revolving door to incarceration rather than a path for people to find stability. With approximately 26,000 adults living in Oregon who are on supervision, ...

Attendees of Yakama Nation and Columbia Riverkeeper's May 8 event look southeast out into the Columbia River Gorge, where the John Day River pours into the artificial lake created by John Day Dam. The ...

Oregon lawmakers are considering weakening a key guardrail established to protect low-income patients from becoming ensnared in debt. Currently, tax-exempt hospitals must screen patients for charity ...