Street Roots
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An award-winning, investigative weekly street newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn income opportunities.
🗞️ Grab the latest issue of Street Roots now (and in color)! Inside, you'll find stories on Street Roots' origins, how SNAP recipients can utilize farmers markets, a snapshot of evictions in Oregon, the Portland Food Forest Initiative, and more. Find a vendor: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
Meet Bre Irish, the former legislative aide to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, who is part of a wave of democratic socialists running for office, seeking to challenge mainstream Democratic politics.
The fighting (Ms.) Irish
Big Brother may be watching you, but for whatever comfort it brings, Bre Irish is giving that authoritarian thug the stink eye right back — at least in Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley. One in a wave…
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Opinion: Read the confessions and recommendations from a child of the 2000’s amid the Y2K nostalgia gripping today's youth. www.streetroots.org/culture/2026...
Real Life: I was Y2K trash
Y2K nostalgia has gripped the youth. We are seeing all the hallmarks: layers and layers of lace camis down to mid-thigh, low-rise jeans (with far higher inseams than their 20-year-old counterparts),…
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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 house the growing number of people experiencing homelessness regionally. buff.ly/rya3Cwl
Despite success, homelessness funding could collapse without new voter support
Metro's Supportive Housing Services tax has far exceeded its goals. But records show voters are unlikely to support a new measure.
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NEW: The Portland area is headed for a "catastrophic" housing/homelessness funding cliff that could cause thousands of people to lose their housing and would leave the region with billions less to house the growing numbers of people experiencing homelessness. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...
Despite success, homelessness funding could collapse without new voter support
Metro's Supportive Housing Services tax has far exceeded its goals. But records show voters are unlikely to support a new measure.
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🗞️ A new issue of Street Roots is out now. Find stories on a Portland artist whose work is inspired by the history of the Albina neighborhood, planned evictions of residents at 'Sammy's Tarp Palace,' and more. Purchase this week's issue from a vendor: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
What's your song of the summer? Let us know in the replies or fill out our brief survey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
What's your summer jam?
Tell Street Roots about your summer jam and what makes your choice THE song.
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Looking for weekend plans? The Portland Pride Play Festival begins tonight.
Street Roots@streetroots.bsky.social · last mo.The Portland Pride Play Festival returns with an offering of eight plays with a goal of giving queer audiences a chance to see themselves accurately represented on stage, whether as villains, heroes or kings. The festival runs from July 10-12 at The Back Door Theatre.
‘Sunshine trips’ offer Black Portlanders free trips to Southern Oregon towns with histories as sundown towns, teaching them about their history and Black resistance within those communities.
Oregon Remembrance Project elevates Black history with free guided trips for Black Portlanders
The trips highlight the histories of former sundown towns in the state, and offers insights into present-day community building efforts
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Come to learn the findings of a nearly decade-long OSU research project on what is causing the Willamette's harmful bacterial bloom problem. Stay to find out how it all started with a chance encounter and a budding friendship. @streetroots.bsky.social www.streetroots.org/environment/...
Restoring Ross Island is the solution to curbing toxic bacterial blooms in the Willamette, researchers say
The problem is getting worse but researchers have a plan to address it via changes to the Ross Island lagoon
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🗞️ A new issue of Street Roots is out now. Inside, you'll find stories on the Oregon Remembrance Project, efforts to curb toxic algae blooms and free summer events to fill your calendar. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
Drag Me Outside's drag nature walk series brings together queer Portlanders, connects them to the outdoors, and offers natural science education with a touch of flair.
Drag Me Outside hikes reconnect queer Portlanders with flora, fauna, and friends
Two natural science experts aim to make hiking less intimidating while building queer community outside of traditional settings
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📅 Our July Arts for All calendar is here! Have an Oregon Trail Card? Fill your calendar with affordable arts events this month and find respite in the comfort of an air-conditioned theater, art gallery or concert hall.
July: Arts for All events calendar
Everyone’s trying to stay cool this summer, literally and figuratively. Air conditioning is incentive enough to go see plays, movies, dance shows, concerts and visual art exhibitions across the…
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The Pacific lamprey is about 450 million years old and is an essential part of many Native nations' lives. Last month, about a thousand people gathered to celebrate the eel-like fish and raise awareness of efforts to save it from regional extinction.
Yakama Nation celebrates Pacific lamprey at Willamette Falls event for the 450 million-year-old fish
The 450 million year old fish are a key part of regional native nations’ lives but face regional extinction
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The Portland Pride Play Festival returns with an offering of eight plays with a goal of giving queer audiences a chance to see themselves accurately represented on stage, whether as villains, heroes or kings. The festival runs from July 10-12 at The Back Door Theatre.
Portland Pride Play Festival spotlights LGBTQ+ theatre talent
The festival hosts staged readings of eight new plays with a mission to expand queer storytelling, organizers say. The festival takes place July 10-12 at The Back Door Theatre.
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The Portland Pride Play Festival returns with an offering of eight plays with a goal of giving queer audiences a chance to see themselves accurately represented on stage, whether as villains, heroes or kings. The festival runs from July 10-12 at The Back Door Theatre.
Portland Pride Play Festival spotlights LGBTQ+ theatre talent
The festival hosts staged readings of eight new plays with a mission to expand queer storytelling, organizers say. The festival takes place July 10-12 at The Back Door Theatre.
streetroots.org
The Pacific lamprey is about 450 million years old and is an essential part of many Native nations' lives. Last month, about a thousand people gathered to celebrate the eel-like fish and raise awareness of efforts to save it from regional extinction.
Yakama Nation celebrates Pacific lamprey at Willamette Falls event for the 450 million-year-old fish
The 450 million year old fish are a key part of regional native nations’ lives but face regional extinction
streetroots.org
📅 Our July Arts for All calendar is here! Have an Oregon Trail Card? Fill your calendar with affordable arts events this month and find respite in the comfort of an air-conditioned theater, art gallery or concert hall.
July: Arts for All events calendar
Everyone’s trying to stay cool this summer, literally and figuratively. Air conditioning is incentive enough to go see plays, movies, dance shows, concerts and visual art exhibitions across the…
streetroots.org
Drag Me Outside's drag nature walk series brings together queer Portlanders, connects them to the outdoors, and offers natural science education with a touch of flair.
Drag Me Outside hikes reconnect queer Portlanders with flora, fauna, and friends
Two natural science experts aim to make hiking less intimidating while building queer community outside of traditional settings
streetroots.org
Late last month, about a thousand people gathered in Oregon City for Yakama Nation's Pacific lamprey celebration and feast. @streetroots.bsky.social was there and spent the day before gathering the 450M year old fish with members at Willamette Falls. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...
Yakama Nation host event to celebrate Pacific lamprey
The 450 million year old fish are a key part of regional native nations’ lives but face regional extinction
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🗞️ A new issue of Street Roots is out now. What's inside? A story on the significance of Pacific lamprey and those fighting to protect them, the Portland Pride Play Festival returns for its second year, July's Arts for All calendar and more. Purchase this week's issue: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
A new column by Street Roots’ art director is here to help you queer your bookshelves, TV habits and playlists this Pride month and beyond.
If you're reading this you're probably gay: Queer your media intake with these recommendations
Street Roots’ art director steps in to help you queer your bookshelves, TV habits and playlists with queer media recommendations.
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Debra Porta, Pride Northwest's executive director, looks back on Pride headliners of years past.
Looking back at Portland Pride’s best headliners
Pride Northwest's executive director, Debra Porta, gives her take on past performers
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Looking for some gay media to fill your weekend? Check out my arts recommendations in this week’s @streetroots.bsky.social from your local vendor and online here: www.streetroots.org/culture/2026...
If you're reading this you're probably gay: Queer your media intake with these recommendations
Street Roots’ art director steps in to help you queer your bookshelves, TV habits and playlists with queer media recommendations.
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Street Roots' Pride issue is out now! Inside you'll find stories on Portland Pride's headlining acts, an LGBTQIA+ nature walking group, recommendations to 'queer your bookshelves' and more. Find a vendor near you to purchase this week's paper: streetroots.org/vendors#locate
I asked Debra Porta, Pride Northwest's executive director, to look back on the Portland Pride Festival's best headlining entertainers over the years for @streetroots.bsky.social's LGBTQ+ Pride Issue: www.streetroots.org/culture/2026...
Looking back at Portland Pride’s best headliners
Pride Northwest's executive director, Debra Porta, gives her take on past performers
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There are only a few days left for low-income households to apply for a free air conditioner via the city's Cooling Portland program. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...
City lets Cooling Portland program evaporate
There’s only a few days left for low-income households to apply for a free air conditioner from the city
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"Oregon’s deep, hidden history of slavery" @streetroots.bsky.social reviewed historical laws and records, and talked to half a dozen historians to highlight the largely unknown history of slavery in the Pacific Northwest, especially Oregon. www.streetroots.org/news-stories...
Oregon's deep, hidden history of slavery
Oregon’s founding fathers were enslavers, and dozens of people were enslaved in the state.
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If you're celebrating Juneteenth in Oregon it's likely thanks to Clara Mae Peoples. More than 80 years ago, Peoples brought the first Juneteenth celebration to Oregon.
The woman who brought Juneteenth to Oregon
Clara Mae Peoples came to work in the Kaiser shipyards, with her she brought the traditions of celebrating Juneteenth
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If you're celebrating Juneteenth in Oregon it's likely thanks to Clara Mae Peoples. More than 80 years ago, Peoples brought the first Juneteenth celebration to Oregon.
The woman who brought Juneteenth to Oregon
Clara Mae Peoples came to work in the Kaiser shipyards, with her she brought the traditions of celebrating Juneteenth
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