Article: Private property. (treatment of children in the U.S.)(Column)

Sandwiched between the Donut Shop and Ford Jewelers on Portland's bustling Broadway Avenue is Our Children's Store, whose raison d'etre, as a sign rendered in a child's scrawl explains, is: Holiday Gifts Raising Charitable Funds for Portland-Area Children in Crisis' With its brightly colored mural depicting a chain of hand holding multicultural children prancing amongst flowers, bees, and butterflies, Our Children's Store is immediately distinguishable from the rest of the more conservatively designed Broad, way businesses. On a Monday morning in early fall 1995 what's also clear is that Our Children's Store is closed: its windows and floor space are empty, the lights are ...

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