For Every Bandanna Sold, This Portland Design Firm Donates One to a Person Experiencing Homelessness

At the start of the pandemic, DeGaetano’s Portland design firm, Hovers Over Water, partnered with Street Roots newspaper to launch The Art We Breathe, a philanthropic project aimed at providing vulnerable populations with protective face coverings.

A Homeless Street Roots Vendor Was Fined $175 by TriMet For Not Tapping His Hop Card When He Boarded the MAX

A Street Roots vendor alleges he was fined $175 yesterday by a TriMet fare inspector for failing to pay, even though he’d recently purchased a pre-paid Hop pass.

Portland Moves One Step Closer to A More Rational Emergency Response to Homeless People

City and county officials move toward changing the response to calls for service involving people who are homeless.

Your Thursday, Dec. 27 Daily Primer: Stories Powerful Men Didn’t Want You to Read — A Portlander Crosses Antarctica

What to know, how to Google and who’s a good dog.

How Meth and Mental Illness Are Affecting the City’s Homeless Population

A Street Roots article called “Psychotic city: Combination of meth plus mental illness plays out on Portland streets” looks at the difficult interaction.

Israel Bayer, Portland’s Foremost Advocate for the Homeless, Says What Will Solve the Mess

Hint: It starts with a cup of coffee.

You Can Now Help the Homeless in Portland Just by Picking Up a Bag of Coffee

“It will be an example of how we can all be working together to create social change, one cup of coffee at a time.”

Street Roots Executive Director Israel Bayer is Leaving the Paper