Public records show how Zenith Energy plans to continue expanding its facility, which sits between the Willamette River and Forest Park. (City of Portland public records) ...

Evidence that the Trump administration’s policy of mass deportation is already harming the economy arrived in the July jobs report Recently, Immigration Customs and Enforcement, or ICE, took away ...

Canadian musician Bruce Cockburn on singing in praise of nonviolence “I honour nonviolence as a way of being, and as a political tactic, but I am not a pacifist. As we continue to watch the world’s ...

In Multnomah County, foreign-born moms accounted for 1 in 4 babies in 2015 Adjusting to the physical changes and endless demands a baby brings into her life can be a struggle for any new mom. But for ...

Former Marine and member of Portland’s Veterans for Peace chapter, Dan Shea knows the lasting effects of the Vietnam War all too well. In 1977 his first child was born with a number of birth defects ...

Lewelyn Dixon, a green card holder and lab technician at the University of Washington, was detained at the Seattle airport in February. Known as Auntie Lynn by her family and community, Dixon spent ...

Less than two weeks before hosting a West Coast summit of his peers, Portland’s mayor talks about the critical agenda items. Street Roots recently sat down with Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and talked ...

In 1963, Bob Dylan wrote his famous ballad “The Times They are A-Changin” to capture the spirit of the social and political upheaval that characterized the 1960s. The song is a call for people to come ...

Sonja Skvarla, founder of A Social Ignition, uses the language of business to help people invest in themselves, even when no one else will Joshua Wright has a plan to help people, specifically young ...

Fear is big business, and managing that fear along our nation’s 5,000 border miles is a booming industry. Author Todd Miller has researched and written about immigration and border issues along our ...

Mayor Keith Wilson was elected on a platform of compassionate rhetoric toward homelessness. But sweeps have been consistently higher since he took office than under Mayor Ted Wheeler. Bike. Two ...

Last year, Pamela Slaughter spotted more hawks than she had ever seen in her life in the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Eastern Oregon. She viewed Hells Canyon from the top of Mount Howard and plans to ...