Scott has been staying in a camp on the south side of Southeast 32nd Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard. Four or five people camp there. Scott rises early and picks up trash. Credit: Photo by Benjamin ...

When prison staff told Natalia Hernandez in August she was being released early, she initially didn’t want to leave. “At one point, I even begged them to stay,” she recently told lawmakers. At the ...

Oregon House District 28 Oregon House District 28 contains portions of Multnomah and Washington counties – covering Raleigh Hills, Garden Home, Hillsdale, and parts of southwestern and downtown ...

A display at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center re-creates a living space at Portland Assembly Center, where Japanese American were incarcerated and living conditions were cramped. Credit: Photos by ...

Sherar's Falls (settler name), located on the lower Deschutes River, is a culturally, historically and economically significant location for members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The ...

The Department of Justice declared Portland an “anarchist jurisdiction” on Sept. 21, and if you take a walk downtown, rampant graffiti depicting the notorious circle-A symbol appears to confirm the ...

Sara Kruzan was 17 when she was sentenced to life without parole for killing her sex trafficker. Now free, Kruzan has dedicated her life to advocating for children who find themselves in a similar ...

The Oregon Legislature is currently in its 2025 session, and Street Roots is publishing regular updates throughout its duration. Among the legislation being considered are bills impacting tenant ...

“And I learned (later) that they found a skull in the basement,” Secret said, completely jolting me out of a story she was sharing about a time when a rude customer on her newspaper route challenged ...

When developers broke ground on a half-billion-dollar luxury hotel and condo highrise in 2019, developer Walter Bowen and local officials boasted the project would contribute the largest investment in ...

Jacob Pizzo was sick when he entered the Oregon State Penitentiary a year ago — and he only became sicker. His hypertension ran unchecked as his blood pressure reached dangerously high levels and he ...

Melting ICE: is a public exhibition featured at the International Migrants Alliance Political Conference. It aims to humanize the people who have been detained at Northwest ICE Processing Center.