The Street Sense street paper vendor reminds us we're all beautiful Nearly 10,000 vendors in 34 countries sell street papers, including Street Roots. Feb. 4-10 is the International Network of Street Papers’ Vendor Week (#VendorWeek), celebrating vend ...
1 Feb 2019 - Street Roots
BOOK REVIEW | Although the author has left us, her essays validate that her acuity, wit and perception are eternal In your spare time, what do you do?” That question on a survey elicited this response from writer Ursula K. Le Guin at age 81: “I... don’t k ...
27 Jul 2018 - Mike Wold
Celebrating 'abrazos no muros' ('hugs not walls') to bring families together The nonprofit Border Network of Human Rights, dedicated to educating and organizing El Paso, Texas, residents and migrants, holds one of the most emotional ev ...
27 Jul 2018 - Iñaki Estívaliz
Iranian-born Mina Dennert is leading a movement that challenges racial hatred in Sweden She woke up with her hair cut off and her body covered in Nazi symbols. She was 14 years old. In the white, rich and apparently peaceful area of Kullavik, south of Got ...
27 Jul 2018 - Sarah Britz
The head of Canada’s Liberal government talks with street papers about ending homelessness, legalizing cannabis, immigration reform and other issues Intro and transcription by Laurent Soumis Editor’s note: Three reporter-vendors from Street Roots’ sister ...
20 Jul 2018 - Mostapha Lotfi ...
The World Cup is one for the record books, but a different kind of soccer tournament continues to score big for the men and women who battle poverty and homelessness to take the pitch Under the soft sun of a Seattle spring day, a group of roughly two doze ...
20 Jul 2018 - Ashley Archibald
The congresswoman has never shied away from controversy or her commitment to ending homelessness, supporting services and community organizing Editor’s Note: Reginald Black is a vendor and writer with Street Roots’ sister paper, Street Sense Media in Wash ...
13 Jul 2018 - Reginald Black ...
Ijeoma Oluo's book is a tool for turning uncomfortable conversations into productive ones Ijeoma Oluo’s book “ So You Want to Talk About Race ” is a no-nonsense, straight-forward guide to understanding the complexities of race in America. Oluo covers ...
29 Jun 2018 - Lisa Edge
The economist says we can shake the yoke of corpocracies, reclaim our food supply and bring collective solutions to the table Summer is here, replete with sunny days, sandy beaches, cool water and, of course, food – lots of glorious food for celebrating w ...
22 Jun 2018 - Marco Filardi
BOOK REVIEW | The writer of 'The Once and Future Liberal' provides an elegantly concise how-we-got-here history I had thought the malaise of relentlessly focusing on identity was just me. That only I was feeling like an ant under a magnifying gl ...
1 Jun 2018 - Megan Wildhood