Street Roots

Street Roots is a homeless advocacy group based in Portland, Oregon, United States, and publishes a weekly alternative newspaper that covers homeless issues. The newsprint is sold by and for homeless people in Portland. 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.