Street Roots Radio

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

This week, we discuss Jeremiah Hayden's article: K-8 School Next Door to Portland ICE Facility Plans Immediate Move. The Cottonwood School is scrambling to move into a new building just weeks bef...

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

This week we discuss Grace Mangali's recent article: Students Oppose PCC Cuts as School Faces Budget Shortfall. Portland Community College is set to shut down programs in its arts and sociology d...

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

This week Street Roots Correspondent Madeleine Voth talks about her recent article; IS SOCIAL HOUSING THE ANSWER TO COMBATING PORTLAND’S HOUSING CRISIS? An innovative model for publicly funded ho...

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

This week Street Roots Correspondent Zoe Toperosky shares about both of her articles in this weeks Pride Edition of Street Roots. 

First, Stories of Resistance: Black Drag in Oregon. Five Black d...

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

This week Street Roots Editor in Chief K. Rambo talks about his article produced in partnership with Propublica. 

Portland responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment s...

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

This week Street Roots Jeremiah Hayden talks about his cover article in which a group of immigrant rights activists going to the Tacoma ICE detention center. 

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Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

ICE agents in Portland told 22-year-old Jorge Luis Reinaldo he needed to sign papers. When he arrived, they detained him, despite previously scheduled legal proceedings.

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Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

This week Street Roots Managing Editor, Karina Brown joins to talk about Jeremiah Hayden's report, "Snowed Under. Summer is fast approaching. One 2023 death reveals how Portland’s emergency syste...

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

This week's edition is Part 2 of The Spring Anthology featuring articles from November 2024 through April 2025. Street Roots Editor in Chief, K. Rambo gives an in-depth break down of the antholog...

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income. 

To honor the impactful investigative reporting done by Street Roots last year, this week's edition is part 1 of The Spring Anthology with articles from May through October of 2024. Street Roots E...

Welcome to Street Roots Radio. This is an XRAY.FM collaboration with Portland Local Publication Street Roots. Street Roots publishes a weekly social justice newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty to earn an income.

Portland would normally collect up front from developers who are unwilling to meet the city’s affordable housing standards. Block 216’s switcheroo delayed its payment. Now, it may never pay.

To ge...

Street Roots Radio is a collaboration with XRAY.FM and Street Roots, the award-winning Portland publication that focuses on social justice issues from homeless policy to environmental hazards, and much more.

Renters have more power at City Hall under Portland’s new government structure. Street Roots Reporter Jeremiah Hayden shares what he has found in his reporting.  

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, loc...

Street Roots Radio is a collaboration with XRAY.FM and Street Roots, the award-winning Portland publication that focuses on social justice issues from homeless policy to environmental hazards, and much more.

Street Roots Reporter Jeremiah Hayden talks about his recent cover story on the Grant Pass lawsuit.

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate your nearest vendor here or read more online at streetroots...

Host & Producer: Hana Francis

Post-Production & Editing:  Kyle Gilmer, Residual Audio

More Information:

• More info about Jim Lommasson, the photographer behind the 'what i carry' project

• Sit-down interview from our friends at MetroEast Community Media on the 'what i carry' project with Jim Lommasson [8/27/24]

• Visual walk through of the exhibit and project at the Central Library

• Visit the Multnomah County Central Library

To get a physical copy of the issue released...

More Information:

• Sam's original June 2024 reporting on the state university's campus security oversight loophole

• Follow HB 2551 on the Oregon Legislative Information System (OLIS) 

• Information from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) on how the private security industry is regulated in Oregon

To get a physical copy of the issue released each Wednesday, locate...

This episode is discussing this already published reporting. It builds on other recent reporting from Jeremiah on the City of Portland's use of attorney-client privilege in non-legal discussions in order to shield Zenith's communications from being part of the public record. 

Past Episodes & Reporting

• 12/18/24: DEQ Fines Zenith Energy After Surprise Inspection, Sends Land Use Permit Back to City
• Corresponding ...

More on the Groups Mentioned: 

• Milk Crate Kitchen

• PDX Free Fridge

• Blanchet House

• Sweaty Buttcrack Collective

• Depave

• Past episode mentioned (10/18/23) on a parking lot re-greening project Depave worked on 

• Friends of Trees

• Neighbors for Clean Air

• Street Books

• Portland Street Medicine

• Community Cycling Center

To ...