A new pilot project taps volunteers to help refugees settle in Germany. The recipe for success? Responsibilities are shared among many people. “ Fertig!” This was first word that Hibo Mohamed learned of this, to her, very foreign language. Because Germans ...
5 Jan 2022 - Ulrich Jonas
Young Roma activists are fighting for a better future, calling for education access and political representation The demonstrators had nothing left but anger. They were holding up images of what used to be their homes. Bulldozers caved in the plastic corr ...
29 Sep 2021 - Astrid Benölken and Tobias Zuttmann
Recently unearthed documents, an Oscar-winning film and today’s racial justice movement bring new significance to the Chicago Black Panther Party chairman’s 1969 assassination The recent discovery of memos related to the 1969 assassination of Black Panthe ...
28 Apr 2021 - Suzanne Hanney
Challenges with mental health and substance use this past year have been near-universal. Oklahoma City’s street paper spoke with those impacted and those working on the frontlines of mental health services. Fred Maxwell was speed reading on his porch in O ...
13 Jan 2021 - Nathan Poppe
Jeff Hughes, a professional musician, explains how he calmed tensions between police and protesters in the Colorado town where police killed the young Black man AURORA, Colo. — For 30 minutes, it looked as if the vigil for Elijah McClain would be remember ...
14 Jul 2020 - Giles Clasen
The International Network of Street Papers represents more than 100 street papers in 35 countries In 1994, about a dozen street papers across Europe joined forces and created the International Network of Street Papers. Two years later, street papers in th ...
4 Oct 2019 - Street Roots
Toledo Streets' Vendor of the Year is patient, kind and wise 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 vendors’ wo ...
1 Feb 2019 - Street Roots
The Mi Valedor street paper vendor urges people to get the support they need 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 ...
1 Feb 2019 - Street Roots
The Megaphone street paper vendor is no stranger to activism 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 vendors’ work in ...
1 Feb 2019 - Street Roots
The Denver Voice street paper vendor says you never know what people have been through 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), ce ...
1 Feb 2019 - Street Roots