On a cold, spitting December afternoon in Portland, Ore., Paul Ortiz walked from the food carts at Southwest Third Avenue and Stark Street back to the Street Roots office to check his mail and pick up more papers.
He moved with long strides but kept his head up to scan Third Avenue, which was full of holiday shoppers, tourists, street kids and damp, windblown debris. Paul has a friendly, open face and seemed to know every other person we passed. ...