For Jermaine, one of his greatest values is hard work. Having sold newspapers with Street Roots since it was on Northwest Davis Street, he takes pride in the relationships he has cultivated and the ...

Gabi Huffman recalled being near a breaking point. After leaving what she called a “really bad relationship,” she was living in a church basement shelter with her daughter, who was three months old at ...

Things are starting to look up for Jeremy Joel Coffey. “I’m due to graduate from outpatient drug treatment (soon),” Coffey said. “Treatment’s been great. I feel really grounded in sobriety.” For a ...

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On Oct. 9, just days ahead of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation to “reclaim” Columbus Day. To those on the left, the proclamation was likely unsurprising, and while ...

The clock started ticking Nov. 1. That’s the day the city of Portland planned to enforce its law banning people living outdoors from setting up encampments as part of Mayor Keith Wilson’s goal of ...

Central City Concern’s Health Services Advisory Council gives consumers the opportunity to express their and peers opinions on how the Old Town Clinic operates, and empowers members to have a voice in ...

The board has yet to designate specific drugs that pose affordability problems, a potential first step toward regulation. The drug supply chain's opaqueness and complexity have been obstacles, as well ...

Ask anyone who’s gone through mental/behavioral health treatment and they’ll tell you that building a therapeutic relationship with a provider takes time, trust and a good fit. Seeking mental health ...

In early October, an obscure state board in Colorado did what no government in the U.S. has ever done, setting a limit on how much insurers and patients could pay for a widely used prescription drug.

Emaciated from lack of food, James Eads How collapsed at Cincinnati’s Union Station on a summer day in 1930. Few people paid him any mind. They had schedules to meet and trains to catch. And after all ...

On a rainy cold morning in October, eight people scurried through the grass at Sellwood Riverfront Park. They ran from the Guss mobile sauna to plunge into the cold Willamette River, before warming up ...