Our round-up of June’s street paper covers
June has been and gone in a flash – but we’ve taken time to stop and look back on a superb month of street paper covers.
INSP Awards: Best Vendor Contribution 2017 Nominees
The final set of nominees are here – have a look to see who’s made the top ten in the Best Vendor Contribution category.
INSP Awards: Discover our Best News Feature Nominees for 2017
This year’s nominees for Best News Feature are in – take a look at the stories that have captured our imagination and made the longlist.
INSP Awards: Best Cultural Feature Nominees for 2017
What do Game of Thrones, Jon Bon Jovi and a street cat named Bob have in common? They’re all topics of our Best Cultural Feature nominees in this year’s INSP Awards!
“It’s impossible to count the number of lives Michael Stoops changed”
U.S. campaigner Michael Stoops, who passed away this week, spent decades fighting for people experiencing homelessness. Street Sense pays tribute.
Our vendors: Sheila White (Street Sense, Washington D.C., USA)
Sheila has lost many things in her life, but never her creativity or her desire to make a difference. Through art, poetry and activism, she uses her experience with homelessness to educate the public and advocate for others in her position.
Vendor wishes: “My goal is starting school”
Today in our vendor wishes series, Street Sense vendor Sheila has a message for the US government about affordable housing.
“How will you reach out to people like me?” street papers respond to President Trump
International street paper staff and vendors responded with surprise and apprehension following the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the USA.
Hundreds gather in D.C. to spread the love at event organised by former Street Sense vendor
Hundreds gathered in Washington D.C.’s Franklin Square Park for a community event organised by former Street Sense vendor Don Gardner.
October global street paper covers get scary
Between Halloween and Trump, there’s a frighteneing vibe on this month’s international street paper covers. Thank god for Street Cat Bob…
Hundreds gather in D.C. for ex-Street Sense vendor’s community event
Former Street Sense vendor Don Gardner’s Real Love Ministry aims to provide entertainment and spiritual fulfilment as well as food and clothing. They brought hundreds together in Washington D.C.
Prophets of Rage: “elite taskforce of revolutionary musicians” take on homelessness
“Homelessness is a crime. It’s almost a war crime,” says guitarist Tom Morello, formerly of Rage Against the Machine and now rocking again with supergroup Prophets of Rage. They spoke to street paper vendor Ronald Dudley (a.k.a. rapper Pookanu) before the first show of their Make America Rage Again tour.
Prophets of Rage to Bridget Jones – September street paper supporters
There’s support from big name stars featured on this month’s covers – but also stark reminders of why street papers are so necessary for homeless people.
EmergencyBnB: can the sharing economy be a caring economy?
Washington D.C social entrepreneur Amr Arafa’s EmergencyBnB is more than just AirBnB with a twist. It’s offering hope to refugees and victims of domestic violence.
Olympic fever gripped world’s street papers this August
August’s street paper covers have the Olympic spirit, featuring ‘cuddly lawnmowers’, a homeless wedding, Steven Spielberg, and a cheeky little bit of rickrolling.
“I’m in the country now” Street Sense vendor reflects on new life on the farm
Street Sense vendor Eric Thomson-Bey recently left Washington D.C. for employment on a farm in Pennsylvania. He reflects on his new rural life.
Street Sense vendor explains why his paper is a “lifeline from drowning in depression”
In this uplifting and inspiring personal essay, Damon Smith explains exactly what it means to be a street paper vendor. He reveals how selling Street Sense in Washington D.C. helped him overcome the “mental torture” of homelessness.
Our vendors: Martin Walker (Street Sense, Washington DC, USA)
“I felt the reality of poverty,” says Martin Walker of his upbringing in Southeast DC. His mother worked full-time but paying the bills for her five children was a constant struggle.
Sizzling summer street paper covers are animal mad!
Soak up a summery selection of animal-mad street paper covers with pugs, wolves, chickens, seagulls and crabs – plus Pikachu and the fish star of Finding Dory.
Washington D.C. Street Sense vendor stands with Baton Rouge
Street Sense vendor and artist Angie Whitehurst reflects on the death of Alton Sterling, the 37-year-old black man from Baton Rouge, Louisiana who died in an altercation with white police earlier this month. Here, Angie praises the “fierce resistance to violence” of the vast majority of protesters.
Brexit: world’s street papers react
The UK’s monumental decision to leave the EU sent shockwaves around the world. In the wake of the referendum vote, we hear from the world’s street papers about their views on Brexit.
Hard-hitting, striking… phizz-whizzing: it’s June’s street paper covers
A gloriumptious look at the world of Roald Dahl, a red-haired mischief-maker, a mafia flower plot and Yanis Varoufakis at the INSP Summit… explore June’s street paper covers.