The fund is also intended to keep Sotelo’s small business afloat throughout this ordeal. Sotelo’s protégée, Victoria Reader, is currently running Novo Start, according to Hoffman. Reader came to ...

Captive consumers: Corporations reap big profits on inmate finances, video visitations in Multnomah County There’s big money to be made in our jails and prisons. Just ask Securus Technologies, Inc. In ...

Ariel Gore is as raw and honest in her writing as she is in her life, earning her the moniker of the hippest mama around. But the backstory is a long way from Ozzie and Harriet. Gore, spurred by a ...

Watch Brian Lindstrom’s recent films and it’s clear the importance the filmmaker places on compassion. “Finding Normal” is about recovering addicts who reach out to help others through recovery. “ ...

An ICE-y reception: Immigration officials unfazed by judge's ruling on local detentions Last month, a U.S. District court ruling in Portland started a chain reaction that’s slowly stripping U.S.

An impenetrable force: Reflecting on the Portland police union, past and present In the new documentary “ Arresting Power,” which premiered at the Northwest Film Center in January, there is a 1981 ...

Street Roots recently asked civic leaders around Portland, “How does supporting people in poverty help our community?” The project was inspired by the #MyHomePDX campaign on Twitter, recently launched ...

The lifelong advocate talks climate change activism in this installment of Nothing More Hopeful Bonnie McKinlay arrives at my house a little out of breath, greets my dog, and apologizes for being late ...

The Port of Portland wants to change the law so it can keep dumping dredge waste in West Hayden Island’s natural area off Oregon's Columbia River When the City of Portland pulled West Hayden Island ...