Blue skies are headed our way this weekend. Perfect weather for a sweet tea and a good read, which is why you’re friendly neighborhood vendor will be ready with a fresh edition of Street Roots tomorrow morning. Here’s what’s rolling on the press right now:
Boarded up: Neighborhoods grapple with remnants of the foreclosure crisis: empty homes.
Holding the line: A day in the life of 211info’s call center
Collect Calls: Journalist and author Fred Williams talks about the cutthroat world of debt collection
Lives lived unconventionally connect author and readers: Street Books founder Laura Moulton looks at The Man Who Quite Money from both sides of the street.
Plus, street writer Julie McCurdy reflects on recovering from domestic violence, economist Robin Hahnel continues his at the battles between radicals and reformers, and Naivasha Dean from the Partnership of Safety and Justice debates the collateral damage of marijuana laws. All this plus your bi-weekly dose of poetry from the streets. Pick up a copy this weekend and let us know what you think. We love our readers!