His production company, Left of Bang Entertainment, allows him some control during the pandemic while giving at-risk young people an opportunity During a time where the entertainment industry has slowed down across the spectrum due to the pandemic, actor/ ...
17 Mar 2021 - DeVon Pouncey
The athlete, who won the U.S. Open while wearing masks with the names of Black victims of police violence, talks to street papers about her heritage and using her platform for good It’s no small feat to become one of the best athletes in the world by age ...
24 Feb 2021 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot
The Portland singer-songwriter has received the Lowenstein Trust Award for his efforts to support musicians in need In early spring of 2020, the certainty of a profound global pandemic was beginning to sink in. Lives, livelihoods and presumptions of secur ...
10 Feb 2021 - Helen Hill
The Bardo philosophy is ingrained in the Blitzen Trapper frontman’s music, and his new career in homeless services has influenced his writing and his artwork B litzen Trapper hasn’t played a show in 2020, which makes them pretty much like every other arti ...
30 Dec 2020 - Jason Cohen
The rock star’s latest photography project, ‘Homeless,’ highlights people who ‘fall between the cracks’ Bryan Adams is one of Canada’s most famous international exports, but he’s still true to his roots. Adams moved from Ontario to British Columbia with ...
15 Nov 2019 - Rosemary Newton
The actor turned activist has become an everyman in the center of national controversies, from #MeToo to the Kavanaugh hearings Thanks to her tweet in October last year, actor and activist Alyssa Milano transformed Tarana Burke’s grassroots #MeToo campaig ...
16 Nov 2018 - The Big Issue A...
The former NBA player talks to Street Roots about activism in sports; his new book, ‘We Matter’; and his interviews with families of unarmed victims The 2018 NBA postseason is in full swing. This is the platform that has created historic basketball moment ...
20 Apr 2018 - DeVon Pouncey
The tennis great dedicates his off-court time to helping Serbian youths rise above adversity The world of professional sports is typically associated with stories about competitive sports records, record earnings or record-breaking events. This story abou ...
5 Jan 2018 - Liceulice staff
The Prophets of Rage (and Rage Against the Machine) musician has never been afraid to be politically provocative In the 1980s, Tom Morello – years before becoming Rage Against the Machine’s resident Guitar God – was just a young man in Spandex who loved h ...
13 Oct 2017 - Jason Greenough
He fought for the Voting Rights Act. Now, he’s fighting to repair it. In March 1965, 24-year-old Jesse Jackson joined the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and hundreds of others as they marched on Selma, Ala., in protest of the state’s racist voting laws. Many ...
14 Jul 2017 - Adam Sennott