In making you’re holiday weekend plans, don’t forget to pick up your new edition of Street Roots. Vendors will be out there rain or shine Friday morning and throughout the weekend with the new issues. Here’s what’s headed your way:
Home again: Amanda Waldroupe follows up on a rare exception in the affordable housing world – the return of displaced residents after a massive rehabilitation of Section 8 housing units. It’s a look at the effort put into preserving affordable housing, but also about what makes a home for one man who just recently returned to The Admiral Park Apartments.
A world shared: Representatives of street papers from around the globe gather in Melbourne, Australia to share skills, aspirations. Joanne Zuhl reports.
Sex and assisted living: New research uncovers a surprising sexual twist on nursing home life, and the complicated issues it stirs up.
Drug War policies need a stint in harm reduction: A new comprehensive review of 20 years of scientific literature reveals just how dismal our war on drugs has been.
Conspiring to change history: A book review of “Voodoo Histories, The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History” by David Aaronovitch.
Plus, columnist Art Garcia offers up his final look back at prison life, while columnist Ruth Kovacs looks forward with those only days away from release. It’s all in the new edition of Street Roots, lovingly displayed by your local neighborhood vendor. Thank you!