BOOK REVIEW | Author Patrick Phillips delves into the violent past of the county in Georgia where he grew up Check out the website for Forsyth County, Ga. Looks pleasant and picturesque, “a great place to call home and do business” and not too far from At ...
18 May 2018 - Joe Martin
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
In a recent UN-sponsored report, the scale of desertification and drought occurring across the globe is highlighted Pressures on global land resources are now greater than ever, as a rapidly increasing population coupled with rising levels of consumption ...
20 Oct 2017 - Baher Kamal
New campaign will push EU policymakers to do more to put an end to homelessness Homelessness grabs a lot of headlines in Portland, but it’s without question a global issue. The United States homeless figure continues to hover at more than a half a million ...
5 May 2017 - Laura Kelly
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
Many refugees sell publications like Street Roots Last year alone, more than 1.2 million refugees entered Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Many of them arrived to the doorstep of a street newspaper or magazine just like Street Roots. As a result, street ...
5 Jul 2016 - Laura Smith
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