Drag Me Outside leads guided nature walks with an aim to bring together queer community and make hiking less intimidating. Credit: Andrew Jankowski/Etta O'Donnell-King / Street Roots Efemmera Gendera ...

Willie Redman is used to being the life of the party as drag queen DeJa Skye. Redman competed twice on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” in 2021 and 2025. Redman’s appearance on the show was most memorable for ...

Supporters hold up a Cascade Aids Project banner at an event in Portland in 2002. CAP is the oldest community-based HIV-services provider in Oregon. Credit: Donna Pollach / Oregon Historical Society ...

On May 1, workers across Oregon celebrated International Workers’ Day, or May Day,with rallies and marches demanding increased workers’ rights and immigrant’s rights. Credit: Aurora Biggers / Street ...

Researchers say the Vanport Cottonwood trees are among the survivors of the Vanport Flood, which ravaged the city in 1948. Credit: Etta O'Donnell-King / Street Roots The Vanport community scattered ...

Lichen is 34-weeks pregnant and worried about where he’s going to live. His partner left abruptly last month, leaving Lichen with a month-to-month rental agreement he can’t afford. He was a ...

A couple hundred sex workers, allies and curious passersby gathered at Laurelhurst Park on a recent sunny Monday afternoon to celebrate International Whores’ Day. The June 2 holiday honors sex workers ...

Jennifer Rose Marie Serna, the owner of Wapato Island Farms, a 32-acre regenerative, no-till farm. Credit: Kari Rowe Jennifer Rose Marie Serna and her family found solace on Sauvie Island 20 years ago ...

Community Corrections often functions like a revolving door to incarceration rather than a path for people to find stability. With approximately 26,000 adults living in Oregon who are on supervision, ...

There’s a lot to celebrate in June! The summer solstice, national Pride Month, Juneteenth and the end of the 2025–26 creative season have our cultural calendars packed with plays, concerts and movie ...

The first students in the country to graduate college with degrees in Social Justice and the Arts will cross the stage June 12, as new alumni of an innovative program at Portland State University.

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