Type | Weekly alternative newspaper |
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Format | Compact |
Editor | K. Rambo [1] |
Founded | 1998 [2] |
Political alignment | Homeless advocacy |
Headquarters | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Circulation | 10,000 (as of 2018)[3] |
Website | streetroots |
Street Roots is a Portland, Oregon, United States–based homeless advocacy group[4] and a weekly alternative newspaper that covers homeless issues.[5] The newsprint is sold by and for the homeless in Portland.[6] The paper is published every week and sold through vendors who are currently or formerly homeless. The paper's editorial position is homeless advocacy. Vendors purchase the paper for 25 cents and sell them for $1 and keep the difference of 75 cents. The paper features alternative news, interviews, and poetry written by local journalists as well as the homeless and those who work with them.
1998a
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Kaia Sand, executive director of the homeless advocacy group Street Roots,
"Street Roots, a local newspaper that covers homeless issues" at 13 to 15 seconds in video