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Giving up our privacy without much thought

BOOK REVIEW | In ‘Privacy: And How To Get it Back’ author B.J. Mendelson says we’re up against the power of apathy in a battle which only wealthy tech companies win The problem with universal basic income is that proponents haven’t suggested a good source ...

10 Aug 2018 - Megan Wildhood
Tech tools profile, police and punish the poor

BOOK REVIEW | ‘Automating Inequality’ by Virginia Eubanks shows how technology is stacked against the marginalized When politicians and business leaders talk about using technology to streamline service provision to the poor, they conjure up an efficient, ...

3 Aug 2018 - Mike Wold
Leaving LGBTQ+ out of 2020 census perpetuates inequality

COMMENTARY | Sexual and gender minorities are not counted by the Census Bureau, keeping many issues facing those communities out of sight and mind The Census Bureau keeps track of how many people speak Gaelic, how many employees the greeting card industry ...

3 Aug 2018 - Matthew Caruchet
Ursula K. Le Guin's radicalism of imagination

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
Family planning is a basic human right

COMMENTARY | This is also 'central to women’s empowerment, reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development' It has been five decades since the international community affirmed the right to family planning, but many women still remain unab ...

27 Jul 2018 - Tharanga Yakupi...
The El Paso Chronicles: Three essays from the Mexican border

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
Fighting hate with a message for the entire world

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
A conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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 ...
Street soccer: More than just a game

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
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters is making waves

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 ...