Oscar award-winner Susan Sarandon may be most famous for her roles in “Thelma & Louise,” “Dead Man Walking,” and, of course, the cult-classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” However, her work and commitment extend far beyond her achievements on the silve ...
11 Aug 2014 - Rachel Cain
Ralph Steadman was born in Merseyside in 1936 and grew up in North Wales. He found his calling in a tiny advert for a Percy V Bradshaw illustration course: “You too can learn to draw and earn £££s”. In the 1960s his work appeared in Punch and Private Eye, ...
24 Jul 2014 - Adam Forrest
Ly Tran* is washing dishes when I arrive at her house. She wears a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants with neon green lines running up the leg, her short black hair bobbing up and down as she wipes dry a plate. Her quiet demeanor contrasts with the slew of br ...
10 Jul 2014 - Samantha Lew
Described as the “greatest war correspondent of her generation,” Marie Colvin was killed in Syria in 2012. Under the Wire is photographer Paul Conroy’s gripping account of the year spent on assignment with her. It’s a very chaotic room. But the baby’s dea ...
2 Jul 2013 - Amy Mackinnon
Children’s orchestra learn music, perform worldwide, on instruments made from salvaged garbage An old oil can has been transformed into a cello, a fork rescued from rubbish supports strings on a violin and spoon handles act as keys on a saxophone. This is ...
1 Jul 2013 - Romina Resuche
You may know your vendor in Portland, but did you know that he or she is one of tens of thousands of vendors around the globe, working their way out of homelessness and poverty with newspapers papers just like Street Roots. Here are a few of the faces fro ...
7 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Since her husband’s murder a decade ago, Daniel Pearl’s widow has not wavered from reporting the value of life By Samba Yonga, Street News Service Having faced one of the most unimaginable challenges in her life, Mariane Pearl has come to symbolize hope a ...
17 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff
The gravity of abuse: Part III: No contact [caption id="attachment_7290" align="alignnone" width="500"] All photos by Kate Baldwinw[/caption] The third in our series on one family’s struggle to survive domestic violence. Read ...
4 Jul 2012 - Street Roots
Life, one breath at a time by Maggie Tarnawa Martha Mason’s “Breath: A Lifetime in the Rhythm of an Iron Lung” is relatively short as memoirs go, but it’s not a quick read. Therein lies its strength and weakness. The author’s voice and style command prais ...
29 Sep 2010 - Street Roots
Paul Loeb: The power of one lies in the many by Rosette Royale, Street News Service Sometimes unknown people do big things. Take Virginia Ramirez. Virginia lived near an elderly widow in a dilapidated house in San Antonio, TX. and, for years on end, Virgi ...
24 May 2010 - Street Roots