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 ...
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 ...
Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations throughout Oregon face funding issues and waning support, but continue efforts to host community celebrations for the holiday. Credit: Juneteenth Oregon/Tory ...
An 1867 wood engraving of the scene when enslavers tried to re-kidnap Margaret Garner by Thomas Satterwhite Noble. Credit: U.S. Library of Congress Note: This story discusses human enslavement, sexual ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Clara Mae Peoples brought the first Juneteenth celebration to Oregon over 80 years ago. Credit: Etta O'Donnell-King / Street Roots Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., and is ...
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, ...
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 ...
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