A U.N. campaign to raise awareness and combat gender-based violence will culminate Dec. 10, Human Rights Day Sally Mboumien remembers the day she pressed a steaming hot stone against her chest. In Bawock, the rural community of western Cameroon where she ...
1 Dec 2017 - Stella Paul
Street Roots, Real Change join others to mentor young publications Street papers from the U.S., Serbia, Finland, Australia and the U.K. will come together in the next few weeks for International Network of Street Papers ’ new Intensive Learning Program, o ...
16 Mar 2017 - Laura Kelly
‘It is always right to give help,’ Pope Francis says in his second interview with street papers Pope Francis has always had a special connection to those living on the street. So much so that last year, in Rome, where approximately 6,000 vulnerable, poor ...
16 Mar 2017 - Stefano Lampertico
While the 112 publications differ in several ways, they share a common mission Newspapers and magazines with models similar to Street Roots’ are providing income opportunities to vulnerable citizens in cities around the globe. Some papers, such as Big Is ...
23 Jun 2016 - Emily Green
Among the colorful markets, historic plazas and grand cathedrals of Mexico City, there are tens of thousands of homeless people living on the streets. Many live their whole lives without ever having a place to call their own. Some are the third generation ...
25 Jan 2015 - Laura Kelly
I was driven to do this as I was firmly against the war in Iraq and didn’t see the point in kicking the hornets’ nest. When I started to see people coming back without their limbs, I felt compelled to say something. It wasn’t enough just to march in prote ...
4 Dec 2014 - Bryan Adams
Number of chicken wings sold by Fire on the Mountain on Super Bowl Sunday: 25,653 Percent drop in Seattle-area 911 calls during the Super Bowl: 31 Percent rise in Seattle-area 911 calls after the Super Bowl: 75 Dollars per container the Port of Portland w ...
15 Feb 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Caught in battles, animals are often displaced and, sadly, many get killed in crossfire. This series offers some startling photography, highlighting both the pain of war and how compassion can survive in the most horrific of circumstances. These photos we ...
10 Feb 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Street Roots works with our sister paper in Belgrade to look at the plight of the Roma people in Europe Before coming to Street Roots in mid-August for a year of service through Jesuit Volunteer Corp Northwest, I traveled to Central and Eastern Europe to ...
10 Sep 2013 - Grace Badik
The following column won top honors among vendor essays at the International Network of Street Paper Awards 2013 in July. It is written by a vendor with Street Roots’ sister paper Apropos in Austria. I’m going my way. What is this day going to bring? Some ...
28 Aug 2013 - Andrea Hoschek